English

Liddle

Liddle comes from Middle English Lidelesdale.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hlÿde ‘loud, River Lid’ + dæl ‘dale, valley’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- ‘to hear’

Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō

Old English hlȳd ‘loud, River Lid’

Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley, dale’

Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley, dale’

Old English dæl ‘dale, valley’

Every English word from Middle English Lidelesdale

name A habitational surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.