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English word origin

Etymology of tye

A variant of tie.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Obsolete form of tie. · A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

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

A variant of tie.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A trough for washing ores.

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

Inherited from Middle English teye (“chest, coffer”), from a combination of Old English tēah and Old French teie (both "chest").

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionteyeenm
  • Inherited-form mentionteyeenm · chest, coffer
  • Derivation mentiontēahang
  • Derivation mentionteiefro
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
noun

A patch of common land, often a village green.

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

From Old English tīh (“plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīh. Cognate with Old Frisian ty (“thingstead”), Middle Low German tî, tigge, whence northern German Thie (“old thingstead, village square”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentiontīhang · plot of land
  • Derivation mention*tīhgmw-pro
  • Cognate mentiontyofs · thingstead
  • Cognate mentiontîgml
  • Cognate mentionThiede · old thingstead, village square
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