The story
- Old English · derived fromhwǣte“wheat”
- English todayWhatley
From Old English hwǣte (“wheat”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wheat + -ley (“lea”). Identical to Wheatley.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhwǣte all →
wheatWheatleyWheatcroft
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.