The story
- Old English · derived fromstocc“log, stump, tree trunk”
- English todayStockley
From Old English stocc (“log, stump, tree trunk”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stock + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstocc all →
stockStocktonStockwellStockdaleStockford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.