Where does “paleochannel” come from?

paleochannel (English) comes from English Channel, from English chainwale, from English wale, from Middle English wāle, from Old English wealh, from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō — water.

paleochannel (English): A deposit of sediment filling the course of an...

Definitions

  1. A deposit of sediment filling the course of an...

Ancestry of “paleochannel”, step by step

paleochannel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Channel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChannelThe hollow bed of running waters; also the bed of the sea or other body of water
2EnglishchainwaleObsolete spelling of channel
3EnglishwaleA ridge or low barrier; A raised rib in knit...
4Middle EnglishwāleAn outsider; a guest; one from an unfamiliar land
5Old Englishwealhforeigner; Briton or Welshman; slave
6Old Englishīeġisland
7Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
8Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
9Proto-Germanicagwjō
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via English paleo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpaleoClipping of paleodiet
2Hawaiianleovoice; sound; command; verbal message
3Proto-Polynesianleovoice; language; speech
4Proto-Oceanicleqo
5Proto-Oceanic*(qa-)liqoʀthroat front part of the neck
6Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
7Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*liqəʀ
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianliqəʀneck
9Proto-Austronesianliqəʀneck
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjōEvery word from Proto-Germanic awjō