Lid

Concepts

eyelid

lid

palpebra

butt hinge

blinker

blepharon

coloboma

eye lid

Synonyms

Augenlid

Augendeckel

Topfdeckel

Deckelfolie

Palpebra

Translations

palpebra

paupière

párpado

pálpebra

parpella

βλέφαρο

ooglid

palpebra

جفن

gözkapağı

göz kapağı

palpebra

parpèla

kanik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: lit

Inherited from Old High German: hlit

Cognate with Dutch: lid

Cognate with English: lid

In summary

From Middle High German lit (“lid, cover”), from Old High German hlit, from Proto-West Germanic *hlid.
In the modern sense a shortening of Augenlid. Cognate with Dutch lid (“lid”), English lid, Icelandic hlið.