The story
- Old English · derived fromhors“horse”
- English todayHorsley
From Old English hors (“horse”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to horse + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhors all →
horsehorseyHorsfieldHorsfordHorsepool
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.