Where does “ritssluiting” come from?

ritssluiting (Dutch) comes from Dutch sluiting, from Dutch sluiten, from Middle Dutch sluten, from Old Dutch slūtan, from Proto-Germanic slūtaną.

ritssluiting (Dutch): zip fastener, zip, zipper

Definitions

  1. zip fastener, zip, zipper

Ancestry of “ritssluiting”, step by step

ritssluiting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch sluiting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsluitingclosure; lock
2Dutchsluitento close; to make, to affirm
3Middle Dutchslutento close, to shut; to close off; to lock up
4Old Dutchslūtanto close, shut
5Proto-Germanicslūtaną—

via Dutch rits

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchritsSound of tearing or closing a zip fastener;...

Words derived from “ritssluiting”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slūtaną →Every word from Old Dutch slūtan →Every word from Middle Dutch sluten →