Where does “kwastvinnig” come from?
kwastvinnig (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwast, from English squash, from Middle English squachen, from Old French esquacher, from Vulgar Latin excoactiare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
kwastvinnig (Dutch): lobe-finned
Definitions
- lobe-finned
Ancestry of “kwastvinnig”, step by step
kwastvinnig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kwast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwast | tassel; fine-haired brush; knot |
| 2 | English | squash | A sport played in a walled court with a soft... |
| 3 | Middle English | squachen | — |
| 4 | Old French | esquacher | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | excoactiare | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |