Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.
Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionleteenm · a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit
- Inherited-form mentionġelǣteang · a going out, ending, meeting
- Cognate mentionwæterġelǣtang · watercourse, aquaduct
- Inherited-form mention*lētągem-pro
- Cognate mentiongilāzgoh · outlet, exit, end, road junction
- Cognate mentionGelassde · back room, recess, private chamber
- Cognate mentionleten
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