Where does “sasi-igel” come from?
sasi-igel (Basque) comes from Albanian sasi, from French châssis, from French châsse, from Middle French chasse, from Old French chace, from Old French chacier, from Latin captiāre, from Latin captus — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
sasi-igel (Basque): tree frog
Definitions
- tree frog
Ancestry of “sasi-igel”, step by step
sasi-igel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Albanian sasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albanian | sasi | quantity; number |
| 2 | French | châssis | chassis, frame; window |
| 3 | French | châsse | reliquary; coffin |
| 4 | Middle French | chasse | — |
| 5 | Old French | chace | hunt; inflection of chacer: ## first/third-person... |
| 6 | Old French | chacier | to hunt, to go hunting |
| 7 | Latin | captiāre | to hunt |
| 8 | Latin | captus | captured, having been captured, seized, having... |
| 9 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Basque igel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | igel | frog |