lid
Middle English
/lid/
noun
Definitions
- A lid; a piece of material used to cover a container.
- The exterior of a gravesite, ditch, or pit.
- The covering over one's eyes; an eyelid.
- (rare) The top layer of a pastry dish.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hlid (lid, covering, opening, door, gate, cover) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (lid, door, cover, eyelid).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hlidą
Gloss
lid, door, cover, eyelid
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
戸, 扉
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decklid English
- delid English
- earlid English
- eyelid English
- lid English
- lidder English
- lidful English
- lidless English
- lidlike English
- lidlock English
- potlid English
- *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱlitóm Proto-Indo-European
- *hlidą Proto-Germanic
- hlid Old English
- hlid geat Old English
- hlit Old High German