The story
- Old English · derived fromsċylfe“deck of a ship”
- English todaySelley
Variant spelling of Sealey or a habitational surname from Selly Oak, which is from Old English sċylfe (“deck of a ship”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to shelf + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsċylfe all →
shelf
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.