Leigh

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From Middle English legh, lege, lei(“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah(“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz(“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos(“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch(“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh(“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo(“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo(“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh(“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō(“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.