English

life thread

From life + thread.

A compound of life + thread

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘rub’

Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s

Proto-Germanic *þrēduz ‘thread’

Old English þrǣd

Middle English thred

Today it means

noun Synonym of thread of life.

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

Etymograph / life thread