Where does “sluizen” come from?
sluizen (Dutch) comes from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō — close.
sluizen (Dutch): to sluice, to manipulate a sluice gate so as to...
Definitions
- to sluice, to manipulate a sluice gate so as to...
Ancestry of “sluizen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 2 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 3 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 4 | Middle English | scluse | — |
| 5 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 6 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsus | — |
| 8 | Latin | exclūdō | — |
| 9 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 10 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |