Where does “zeilplank” come from?

zeilplank (Dutch) comes from Dutch Zeilen, from Middle Dutch seilen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

zeilplank (Dutch): a sailboard, surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast

Definitions

  1. a sailboard, surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast

Ancestry of “zeilplank”, step by step

zeilplank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Zeilen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZeilenVela
2Middle Dutchseilento sail
3Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
4Old Dutch-en
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch plank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchplankshelf; plank
2Middle Dutchplanke
3Old Dutch*planka
4Old Northern Frenchplanke
5Late Latinplanca
6Latinplancusflat-footed; Alternative form of plangus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
Every word from Chichewa iye