Etymograph

English

gateleg

From gate + leg.

A compound of gate + leg

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

Today it means

noun A table leg, set into a frame in the form of a gate, that may be swung back to allow a leaf of the tabletop to hang down; having such a leg or legs.

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

Etymograph / gateleg