English

low-bell

From low + bell; see low (“a flame”).

A compound of low + bell

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

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Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie’

Proto-Germanic *lēgaz ‘low’

Old Norse lágr

Middle English lāh

English low

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to sound’

Proto-Germanic *bellǭ ‘bell’

Proto-West Germanic *bellā

Old English belle ‘bell’

Middle English belle

English bell

Today it means

noun A bell used in hunting birds at night, in connection with a light, to frighten them into a net.

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

Etymograph / low-bell