The story
- Old English · derived fromcrāwe“crow”
- English todayCrawshaw
Habitational surname from the village of Crawshawbooth, in Lancashire, which is from Old English crāwe (“crow”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcrāwe all →
CrawfordCrawley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.