The story
- Old English · inherited fromweald
- Middle English · inherited fromwold“plain”
- Old English · inherited fromgōs“goose”
- English todayGosnell
From earlier Gosnold, possibly from a former place called Gosenwold, a compound of Old English gōs (“goose”) + Middle English wold (“plain”), from Old English weald, Anglian Old English wald.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishgōs all →
gooseGosfordGosnold
Middle Englishwold all →
Gosnold
Old Englishweald all →
weldWalthamwaldowaldWalthall
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.