English

lifestring

From life + string.

A compound of life + string

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- ‘rope’

Proto-Germanic *strangiz

Proto-West Germanic *strangi

Old English strenġ

Middle English string

Today it means

noun A nerve, or string, supposed to be essential to life.

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

Etymograph / lifestring