Where does “lintel” come from?

lintel (Galician) comes from Old French lintel, from Latin lintellus, from Latin limitellus, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

lintel (Galician): lintel

Definitions

  1. lintel

Ancestry of “lintel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlintellintel (beam)
2Latinlintellus—
3Latinlimitellus—
4Latinlīmeslimit, border, path
5Latinlīmussidelong, askew, askance, sideways
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH- →Every word from Latin līmus →