English

Mickley

Mickley comes from Middle English Mikelhae.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of miċel ‘big’ + haga ‘enclosure’

Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big, great, stout’

Proto-Germanic *mikilaz ‘great, large’

Proto-West Germanic *mikil ‘big, large’

Old English miċel ‘big’

Proto-Indo-European *kágʰō ‘to hold, keep’

Proto-Germanic *hagô ‘enclosure, yard’

Proto-West Germanic *hagō ‘enclosure, yard’

Old English haga ‘enclosure’

Every English word from Middle English Mikelhae

name A habitational surname.

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