Etymology

heddle

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Today it means: A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded. Full definition →

Middle English helde ← Old English hefeld ← Proto-Germanic *habjaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kap-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*habjaną“to have, heave”
  3. Old English · inherited fromhefeld
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhelde
  5. English todayheddle

From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*habjaną all →

havehavochoverhavesheftheavehoven

Proto-Indo-European*kap-<id:seize> all →

cashoccupycaptivereceptivecaptivatebehoove

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