English

lodeship

From lode + ship.

A compound of lode + ship

Proto-Indo-European *loyt-éh₂-

Proto-Germanic *laidō ‘a leading’

Proto-West Germanic *laidu

Old English lād ‘way, course, journey’

English lode

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Today it means

noun A kind of boat in use in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, possibly a pilot boat.

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

Etymograph / lodeship