The story
- Old English · derived fromwīċ“village, settlement”
- English todayWeekley
From Old English wīċ (“village, settlement”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wick + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwīċ all →
IpswichWycombeWickhamAlnwickWykeWyton-wichWickmereWighill
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.