The story
- Old English · derived fromfinċ“finch”
- English todayFinkley
From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Doublet of Finchley.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfinċ all →
finchFinchley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.