Where does “Mahoning County” come from?
Mahoning County (English) comes from English salt lick, from English lick, from German leute, from Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic liudīz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léwdʰis — to grow; people.
Ancestry of “Mahoning County”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salt lick | A block of salt, often enriched with other... |
| 2 | English | lick | The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue; The... |
| 3 | German | leute | people several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another, folk (folks), peeps slang, guys (boys and/or girls) |
| 4 | Middle High German | liute | — |
| 5 | Old High German | liuti | people, subordinates |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *liud(i) | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | liudīz | man, person |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léwdʰis | people |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ- | to grow; people |