Where does “Lowveld” come from?
Lowveld (English) comes from English veld, from Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, from Dutch fles, from Middle Dutch flassche, from Old Dutch flaska, from Proto-West Germanic flaskā, from Proto-Germanic flaskǭ — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
Lowveld (English): The parts of South Africa's inland plateau that are lower in elevation than the Highveld
Definitions
- The parts of South Africa's inland plateau that are lower in elevation than the Highveld
Ancestry of “Lowveld”, step by step
Lowveld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English veld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | veld | The open pasture land or grassland of South... |
| 2 | Afrikaans | veld | A field, open country; A patch or grass and/or... |
| 3 | Dutch | veld | A field, open country; An agricultural field; A... |
| 4 | Dutch | fles | bottle |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | flassche | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | flaska | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | flaskā | bottle, flask |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | flaskǭ | a plaiting-covered vessel; bottle, flask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via English low
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | low | Situated close to, or even below, the ground or... |
| 2 | English | allow | To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield;... |
| 3 | Middle English | allowen | — |
| 4 | Old French | alouer | Alternative form of aloer |
| 5 | Latin | allocō | to hire |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |