Lid Definition
Other Word Forms of Lid
Noun
Origin of Lid
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Old English hlid, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą (compare Dutch lid, German Lid (“eyelid”), Swedish lid (“gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlíto (“post, trimmed log”) (compare Old Norse hlíð (“slope”), Welsh clwyd (“gate, hurdle”), Latin clitellae (“pack saddle”), Lithuanian šlìtė (“ladder”), pã-šlitas (“curved”), Russian калитка (kalitka, “gate”), Ancient Greek ἄκλιτος (áklitos, “stable”), δικλίς (diklís, “double-posted (doors, gates)”), Yazghulami xad 'ladder', Sanskrit श्रित (śrita, “standing on, lying on, being on, fixed on, situated in”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). More at lean.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English hlid klei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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