The story
- Old English · derived fromleah“clearing”
- Proto-Brythonic · derived from*din“fort”
- English todayDinckley
Dinkidele (1246). Probably at least partially from Cumbric, from Proto-Brythonic *din (“fort”) + *koɨd (“forest”), with Old English leah (“clearing”) added later. Or else, the second element may be equivalent to Welsh celli (“grove”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishleah all →
lealeighRipleyHadleyBurnleylyeExleyKirkleyLeybourneOuseleyHigh Legh-leighRansleyWinkley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.