esgid
/ˈɛsɡɪd/ · noun
Meaning
- shoe
- boot
Etymology / origin
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped-skuH-t-, from *ped- (“foot”) + *(s)kewH- (“to cover”); the former component is cognate with English foot, and the latter with Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”). Direct cognate with Cornish eskis (“shoe”).
- eskis(Cornish)→
- σκῦτος(Ancient Greek)→
- foot(English)→
- esgid (Welsh)
- Relations: cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- eskis(Cornish) (cog)
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