Where does “schoolslag” come from?
schoolslag (Dutch) comes from Dutch slag, from Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg, from Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slagge, from Middle Low German slān — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
schoolslag (Dutch): the swimming style breaststroke, the basic one (first) taught at European schools
Definitions
- the swimming style breaststroke, the basic one (first) taught at European schools
Ancestry of “schoolslag”, step by step
schoolslag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch slag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | slag | A blow, knock, strike; A stroke, limb movement;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | slach | beat |
| 3 | Old Dutch | slag | setback, misfortune |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 5 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 6 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 8 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 9 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Dutch school
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | school | school; a group of fish |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schôle | school institute of learning |
| 3 | Latin | schola | Leisure time given to learning; schooltime,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σχολή | leisure, free time; rest; that in which leisure... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | skʰolā́ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |