Where does “Hadley” come from?

Hadley is an English place name derived from Old English leah, from Proto-West Germanic lauh, from Proto-Germanic lauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European lówkos, ultimately from the root lewk-.

Hadley (English): A place name

Definitions

  1. A place name

Ancestry of “Hadley”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhǣþheath, untilled land, waste; heather; heath;...
2Proto-West Germanichaiþiuncultivated land, wasteland
3Proto-Germanichaiþīheath, wasteland
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱayt-forest, wasteland, pasture

Words derived from “Hadley”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiþī →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haiþi →