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