The story
- Old English · derived fromþorn“thornbush”
- English todayThorley
From Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to thorn + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishþorn all →
ThorntonthornThorndikeThornburyThornleyThorneyThoringtonThurnhamTarbock
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.