Etymograph

English

runholding

From run + holding.

A compound of run + holding

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- ‘to boil, churn’

Proto-Germanic *rinnaną ‘to run’

Old English rinnan ‘to run’

Middle English rinnen ‘to run’

Middle English runnen ‘to run’

English run

Today it means

noun The lease of a run, generally a sheep farm.

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

Etymograph / runholding