English
Thurlow
Thurlow comes from Old English hlǣw ‘mountain, hill, mound’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱley-‘to lean’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱloy-wo-mreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaiwą‘hill, mound, barrow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlaiw‘hill, mound, barrow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlǣw‘mountain, hill, mound’
- EnglishtodayThurlow
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱley-‘to lean’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱloy-wo-mreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaiwą‘hill, mound, barrow’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlaiw‘hill, mound, barrow’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlǣw‘mountain, hill, mound’
- EnglishtodayThurlow
The story
Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Thurlow, in Suffolk, from an unexplained first element + Old English hlǣw (‘mountain, hill, mound’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- ‘to lean’
climate, decline, lean, ladder, lid, climax, inclination, incline, eyelid, clinician, cline, proclivity, declination, declension, 26 more
through Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw ‘hill, mound, barrow’
through Old English hlǣw ‘mountain, hill, mound’
Today it means
name A surname from Old English.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- / Thurlow