Etymograph

English

life cot

From life + cot; compare lifejacket, life raft etc.

A compound of life + cot

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Sanskrit खट्वा ‘bedstead’

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸

Hindi खाट

English cot

Today it means

noun An inflatable cot for babies for use in an emergency such as evacuation from an aeroplane onto water.

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

Etymograph / life cot