Where does “dieseltrein” come from?
dieseltrein (Dutch) comes from Dutch diesel, from Dutch dieselmotor, from Dutch motor, from Dutch engel, from Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος — angel; messenger.
dieseltrein (Dutch): diesel train
Definitions
- diesel train
Ancestry of “dieseltrein”, step by step
dieseltrein traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch diesel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | diesel | diesel |
| 2 | Dutch | dieselmotor | diesel engine |
| 3 | Dutch | motor | engine; motorbike |
| 4 | Dutch | engel | angel |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | engel | angel, servant of God; fallen angel |
| 6 | Old Dutch | engil | — |
| 7 | Latin | Angelus | angel |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄγγελος | a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly... |
| 9 | Old Norse | engill | angel |
| 10 | Old Saxon | engil | angel |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | angil | angel |
| 12 | Latin | angelus | angel; messenger |
via Dutch trein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | trein | train; train, convoy, retinue, procession |
| 2 | Middle French | train | — |
| 3 | Old French | train | a delay, a drawing out |
| 4 | Old French | traïner | Alternative form of trainer; to pull out, to draw |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 6 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |