The story
- Old English · inherited fromīeġ“island”
- Old Welsh · derived from*Colün“water, river”
- English todayClowney
From Old Welsh *Colün (“water, river”) + Old English īeġ (“island”).
Words from the same roots
Old Welsh*Colün all →
clowne
Old Englishīeġ all →
eyeHalseyEyeworth
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.