The story
- Old English · derived fromwudu“wood”
- English todayWoodley
From Old English wudu (“wood”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to wood + -ley (“lea”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishwudu all →
WoodstockWoodburyWoodfordLynnwoodLinwoodWoottonLynwoodWoodallWottonWoodhallCalderwoodWoodthorpeWoodhurstChetwodeWoodhatch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.