The story
- Old English · derived fromcoliġ“coaly”
- English todayCowlishaw
Habitational surname from either of two minor places in Derbyshire and Lancashire, from Old English coliġ (“coaly”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcoliġ all →
colly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.