English
foothalt
From foot + halt.
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds ‘foot’
Proto-Germanic *fōts ‘foot’
Proto-West Germanic *fōt
Old English fōt ‘foot’
Middle English fot ‘foot’
English foot
Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-d-
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Proto-West Germanic *halt ‘lame’
Proto-West Germanic *haltōn ‘to limp, walk lamely’
Old English healtian ‘to be lame, walk with a limp’
Middle English halten ‘to limp’
English halt
Today it means
noun footrot (disease affecting the feet of animals e.g. sheep).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / foothalt