English

eyestring

From eye + string.

A compound of eye + string

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘eye’

Proto-Germanic *augô

Proto-West Germanic *augā

Old English ēage

Middle English e

English eye

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’

Proto-Germanic *strangiz

Proto-West Germanic *strangi

Old English strenġ

Middle English string

Today it means

noun One of the fibres of the eye, such as a tendon, nerve or muscle.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / eyestring