leat

Betekenis (Engels)

An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Vertalings

τάφρος

χαντάκι

levada

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lete

Geërf van Old English: ġelǣte

Verwante met Old English: wæterġelǣt

Verwante met Old High German: gilāz

Verwante met Duits: Gelass

Verwante met Engels: let

In summary

Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.