Where does “flaskepost” come from?
flaskepost (Danish) comes from Danish post, from Middle Low German post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō.
flaskepost (Danish): message in a bottle
Definitions
- message in a bottle
Ancestry of “flaskepost”, step by step
flaskepost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | post | post; post, mail; postman |
| 2 | Middle Low German | post | — |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 6 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 7 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Danish flaske
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | flaske | bottle; flask; flaske op – bottle-feed, bring up... |
| 2 | Old Norse | flaska | flask, bottle |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flaskǭ | a plaiting-covered vessel; bottle, flask |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |