The story
- Old English · derived fromclǣġ“clay”
- English todayClaycomb
Habitational surname from some minor place named with Old English clǣġ (“clay”) + cumb (“valley, combe”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishclǣġ all →
clayClaytonclayeycley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.