Where does “skoolmaat” come from?
skoolmaat (Afrikaans) comes from English schoolmate, from English -mate, from English maté, from Middle English mate, from Middle Low German māte, from Old Saxon gimato, from Proto-Germanic gamatjô, from Proto-Germanic ga- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
skoolmaat (Afrikaans): A schoolmate
Definitions
- A schoolmate
Ancestry of “skoolmaat”, step by step
skoolmaat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English schoolmate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schoolmate | A person who was a fellow attendee at one's... |
| 2 | English | -mate | Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared" |
| 3 | English | maté | An evergreen tree, Ilex paraquariensis, native to... |
| 4 | Middle English | mate | mate companion, comrade |
| 5 | Middle Low German | māte | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | gimato | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gamatjô | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Afrikaans maat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | maat | mate, buddy |
| 2 | Dutch | maat | size, measure; rhythm, beat; mate, buddy |
| 3 | Dutch | woord | word |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | wort | word; diction, what someone says or writes;... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wort | word |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |