Doorsill

  • 31el-8, elē̆ i-, lē̆ i- —     el 8, elē̆ i , lē̆ i     English meaning: to bow, bend; elbow, *rainbow     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen”     Material: A. Here names position themselves at first for “elbow” and “ulna, ell”: Gk. ὠλένη “elbow”, ὠλήν, ένος ds.; ὠλέκρᾱνον… …

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  • 32gʷā-, gʷem- —     gʷā , gʷem     English meaning: to go, come     Deutsche Übersetzung: “gehen, kommen; zur Welt kommen, geboren werden”     Note: Root gʷü , gʷem : “to go, come” from zero grade of Root aĝ (*heĝ ): “to lead, *drive cattle”.     Material:… …

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  • 33threshold — [thresh′ōld΄, thresh′hōld΄] n. [ME threschwold < OE therscwold (akin to ON threskǫlder) < base of therscan (see THRASH) + ?] 1. DOORSILL 2. the entrance or beginning point of something [at the threshold of a new career] 3. Physiol. Psychol …

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  • 34room access — noun the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close he stuck his head in the doorway • Syn: ↑doorway, ↑door, ↑threshold • Hypernyms: ↑entrance, ↑entranceway, ↑ …

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  • 35thresh|old — «THREHSH ohld, hohld», noun. 1. a piece of wood or stone under a door; doorsill. 2. the entrance to a house or building; doorway. 3. Figurative. a point of entering; beginning point: »to be at the threshold of war. The scientist was on the… …

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