English
lue
Lue comes from English dillue ‘sift with a sieve’, from Proto-Celtic *dalnīti ‘to arise, come out of something’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- ‘to well forth, spring forth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelh₁-‘to well forth, spring forth’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*dalnīti‘to arise, come out of something’reconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*dėlnjọdreconstructed
- Cornishmoderndyllo‘sift with a sieve’
- English1500–presentdillue‘sift with a sieve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1674lue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelh₁-‘to well forth, spring forth’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*dalnīti‘to arise, come out of something’reconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*dėlnjọdreconstructed
- Cornishmoderndyllo‘sift with a sieve’
- English1500–presentdillue‘sift with a sieve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1674lue
Earliest quotation: 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words: “Cardiganshire... That which is thus Buddled they lue with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- ‘to well forth, spring forth’
Today it means
verb To sift using a sieve, particularly in mining tin or silver.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.