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English word origin

Etymology of eid

From Eid.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Alternative letter-case form of Eid.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Eid.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidiją (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin eō (“go, proceed”, verb).

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  • Derivation mentioneiðnon · an isthmus, neck of land
  • Derivation mention*aidijągem-pro · isthmus, strait
  • Derivation mention*h₁ey-ine-pro · to go
  • Cognate mentioneiðis
  • Cognate mentioneiðfo
  • Cognate mentioneidno · isthmus
  • Cognate mentionedsv
  • Cognate mentioneōla · go, proceed
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