Where does “şlüz” come from?
şlüz (Crimean Tatar) comes from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō — close.
şlüz (Crimean Tatar): sluice
Ancestry of “şlüz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 2 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 3 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 4 | Middle English | scluse | — |
| 5 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsus | — |
| 8 | Latin | exclūdō | — |
| 9 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 10 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |