English
eldship
From eld (“old”) + -ship.
Formed from eld ‘old’ + -ship
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’
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Proto-Germanic *alþį̄ ‘eld, age’
Proto-West Germanic *aldī ‘age, time period’
Old English ieldu ‘period’
Middle English elde ‘age, span of years’
English eld
Today it means
noun Old age; eld.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eldship