English

limerod

Limerod comes from Middle English lymrod.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from lime + rod

Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- ‘to smear’

Proto-Germanic *līmaz ‘glue, lime’

Proto-West Germanic *līm ‘glue’

Old English līm ‘glue’

Middle English lyme ‘organ, body part’

English lime

Middle English rodde ‘As a staff or wand’

English rod

Every English word from Middle English lymrod

noun A twig or stick smeared with birdlime

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