Where does “lit” come from?

lit (Volapük) comes from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

lit (Volapük): light; illumination

Definitions

  1. light; illumination

Ancestry of “lit”, step by step

lit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German licht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlichtlight, bright; unobstructed, clear
2GermanDruckpressure; print
3Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
4Middle High Germandrücken
5Old High Germandrucchento press
6Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
7Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via English Light

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLightA place name
2Middle EnglishlightThe radiation which allows for vision by...
3Old Englishlēohtluminous, bright, light, clear, resplendent,...
4Proto-West Germanicleuhtlight, bright; light
5Proto-Germanicleuhtąlight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewktom
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥