English
lewth
Lewth comes from Middle English leuþe ‘shelter, warmth’, and goes back to Old English hlēowþ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlēowþ‘shelter, protection’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leuþe‘shelter, warmth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1924lewth
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hlēowþ‘shelter, protection’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500leuþe‘shelter, warmth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1924lewth
Earliest quotation: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End): “‘There wer' a bit o' lewth 'longside stable wall,’…”
Formed from lew + -th
Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-
Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz ‘warm, lukewarm’
Proto-West Germanic *hliwi ‘mildly warm, lukewarm’
Old English *hlēowe
Middle English lew
English lew
Every English word from Old English hlēowþ
Today it means
noun Shelter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hlēowþ / lewth