Where does “land-leech” come from?
land-leech (English) comes from English landlord, from Middle English landlord, from Old English landhlāford, from Old English hlāford, from Old English hlāfweard, from Old English weard, from Old English ōra, from Old English ēar — to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
land-leech (English): A leech that lives on land; a terrestrial leech
Definitions
- A leech that lives on land; a terrestrial leech
Ancestry of “land-leech”, step by step
land-leech traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English landlord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landlord | A person who owns and rents land such as a house,... |
| 2 | Middle English | landlord | — |
| 3 | Old English | landhlāford | landlord, lord of a manor |
| 4 | Old English | hlāford | lord |
| 5 | Old English | hlāfweard | lord, master, husband |
| 6 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 7 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 8 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 11 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |
via English leech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | leech | An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class... |
| 2 | Middle English | leche | physician; leachate; sluggish stream; doctor,... |
| 3 | Old English | lǣċe | doctor, physician; blood-sucking worm; muddy... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lākī | doctor, physician |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |