Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The border of an area of land, now especially marshland. · A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. · A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth. · A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.
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- Inherited-form mentionrandenm
- Inherited-form mentionrandang · edge, border, margin, rim, shore
- Inherited-form mention*randgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*randazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*h₁rem-ine-pro · to rest, prop or support oneself
- Cognate mentionrandnl · edge, border, outskirts, rim
- Cognate mentionRandde · edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts
- Cognate mentionrandsv · rand, stripe, edge, verge
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