limp
English
/lɪmp/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
- (intransitive) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
- (intransitive) To move or proceed irregularly.
- (poker slang) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English limpen (happen, fall short) inherited from Old English limpan (happen, concern, exist, befit, suit, belong to, occur, limp) inherited from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (hang down, suit, glide, go) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)lemb-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dick English
- limbo English
- limp-wrist English
- limpard English
- limpdick English
- limpen English
- limper English
- limpest English
- limpeth English
- limpish English
- limple English
- limply English
- limpness English
- limpsome English
- limpwrist English
- wrist English
- limbus Latin
- Lumpen German
- zerlumpt German
- limbe French
- люмпен Russian
- limbo Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)lemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *limpaną Proto-Germanic
- alimpan Old English
- belimpan Old English
- gelimpan Old English
- limpan Old English
- belimpen Middle English
- limpen Middle English
- limbe Catalan, Valencian
- llimbs Catalan, Valencian
- limpan Old Saxon