Where does “Hickling” come from?

Hickling (English) comes from Old English Hicel, from Old English -el, from Proto-West Germanic -ul, from Proto-Germanic -ulaz — Forms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...

Hickling (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Hickling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishHicelwoodpecker
2Old English-elAlternative form of -ol; agent and instrumental...
3Proto-West Germanic-ulForms adjectives from verbs, indicating a...
4Proto-Germanic-ulazForms adjectives from verbs meaning "doing" or...
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ulaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -ul →Every word from Old English -el →