English

Oakley

Oakley comes from Old English Āclēa.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1929, Miss Skinner Gives Recital in Newport […]: “Mr. and Mrs. Philip Rhinelander 2d and their son…”

A compound of āc ‘oak’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing, glade’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyǵs ‘oak’

Proto-Germanic *aiks ‘oak tree’

Proto-West Germanic *aik ‘oak’

Old English āc ‘oak’

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lówkos ‘clearing’

Proto-Germanic *lauhaz ‘clearing’

Proto-West Germanic *lauh ‘clearing’

Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing, glade’

Every English word from Old English Āclēa

name Several places in England: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref TL0153).

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