lith

lith · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*liþuz“limb”
2. Old English · derived fromliþ“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”
3. Middle English · derived fromlith
4. English todaylith

From Middle English lith, lyth, from Old English liþ (“limb, member, joint, tip of finger, point”), from Proto-Germanic *liþuz (“limb”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots lith (“part of the body, joint”), West Frisian lid (“part of the body, member”), Dutch lid (“limb, member, section”), Middle High German lit (“limb, member”), Swedish led (“joint, link, channel”), Icelandic liður (“item”), Dutch lid (“part of the body; member”) and gelid (“joint, rank, file”), German Glied (“limb, member, link”).

lith · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁lewdʰ-“man, people”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*liudiz“men, people”
3. Old Norse · derived fromlýðr“people, lede”
4. Middle English · derived fromlith
5. English todaylith

From Middle English lith, lyth (“owndom”), from Old Norse lýðr (“people, lede”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“men, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“man, people”). Cognate with Dutch lieden and lui, German Leute (“people”), Old English lēode (“people”). More at lede.

lith · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱel-“to conceal, hide”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hlidą“door, lid, eyelid”
3. Old Norse · derived fromhlið“a gap, gate, space”
4. Middle English · derived from*lith
5. English todaylith

From Middle English *lith, from Old Norse hlið (“a gap, gate, space”), from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (“door, lid, eyelid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to conceal, hide”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian lid, led (“an opening in a fence”), Scots lith (“a gap in a fence, gate opening”), Old English hlid (“lid, covering, door, gate, opening”). More at lid.

lith · noun⁴

By shortening.

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