Where does “jaagschuit” come from?

jaagschuit (Dutch) comes from Dutch jagen, from Middle Dutch jāgen, from Old Dutch jagon, from Proto-West Germanic jagōn — to hunt.

jaagschuit (Dutch): trekschuit

Definitions

  1. trekschuit

Ancestry of “jaagschuit”, step by step

jaagschuit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch jagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjagento hunt; to tug; to move quickly
2Middle Dutchjāgento hunt, to chase, to pursue
3Old Dutchjagonto hunt
4Proto-West Germanicjagōnto hunt

via Dutch schuit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchschuitA boat or small ship, usually a flat-bottomed one...
2Middle Dutchschute—
3Old Dutchskūta—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic jagōn →Every word from Old Dutch jagon →Every word from Middle Dutch jāgen →