Where does “schaliegas” come from?
schaliegas (Dutch) comes from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
schaliegas (Dutch): shale gas
Definitions
- shale gas
Ancestry of “schaliegas”, step by step
schaliegas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
via Dutch schalie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schalie | shale |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schalie | — |
| 3 | Old French | escaille | scale; ring or plate of armor |
| 4 | Frankish | skallija | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaljō | shell; husk; rind; peel |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |