leat
English
noun
Definitions
- an artificial watercourse, canal or aqueduct, but especially a millrace
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lete (junction, crossroads, a meeting intersection of roads, meeting, conduit) inherited from Old English ġelǣte (a going out, meeting, ending, crossroads) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lētą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lētą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bloodlet English
- forlet English
- inlet English
- leatwright English
- let English
- letcha English
- lettable English
- lettest English
- letteth English
- lettor English
- offlet English
- outlet English
- re-let English
- relet English
- sublet English
- underlet English
- unlet English
- wright English
- Gelass German
- let French
- *galētą Proto-Germanic
- *lētą Proto-Germanic
- ġelǣte Old English
- lete Middle English
- leten Middle English
- gilāz Old High German
- gelāz Middle High German