English
Stickley
Stickley may come from Old English stiġel ‘stile’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150stiġel‘stile’uncertain
- EnglishtodayStickley
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150stiġel‘stile’uncertain
- EnglishtodayStickley
Formed from stile + -leigh ‘lea’
Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- ‘to climb’
Proto-Germanic *stigilō ‘entry, entrance, overpass, device for…’
Proto-West Germanic *stigilu ‘a device used for climbing (over)’
Old English stiġel ‘stile, set of steps for getting over a fence’
Middle English stile
English stile
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’
light, low, link, los, lucy, ounce, lunar, luna, lux, illuminate, lucid, luminous, illumination, translucent, lumen, lynx, luce, luminosity, lumia, lum, lune, loach, luminescent, luminary, leucine, luminal, 75 more
through Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing, glade’
Today it means
name A surname from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English stiġel / Stickley