Where does “king tide” come from?
king tide (English) comes from English king, from Middle English king, from Old English cyning, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.
king tide (English): An unusually high tide that occurs during full...
Definitions
- An unusually high tide that occurs during full...
Ancestry of “king tide”, step by step
king tide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English king
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | king | A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If... |
| 2 | Middle English | king | king monarch |
| 3 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 4 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English tide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tide | The periodic change of the sea level,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tyde | A time (period), season |
| 3 | Old English | tīd | time, period, season; period, season, time;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |