Where does “Sabbathlike” come from?
Sabbathlike (English) comes from English like, from Dutch luik, from Middle Dutch luke, from Dutch luiken, from Middle Dutch luken, from Old Dutch lūcan, from Proto-West Germanic lūkan, from Proto-Germanic lūkaną — to break, tear; to break, shatter.
Sabbathlike (English): Resembling or characteristic of the Sabbath
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of the Sabbath
Ancestry of “Sabbathlike”, step by step
Sabbathlike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English like
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | like | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of;... |
| 2 | Dutch | luik | hatch; shutter; panel, as in a triptych |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | luke | — |
| 4 | Dutch | luiken | to close, to shut |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | luken | to close, to shut; to close, to become closed |
| 6 | Old Dutch | lūcan | to close, shut |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | lūkan | to close, to shut |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |
via English Sabbath
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sabbath | Saturday, observed in Judaism and some Christian... |
| 2 | Middle English | sabat | — |
| 3 | Old English | Sabat | the Sabbath |
| 4 | Latin | Sabbatum | Sabbath (the Jewish day of rest, i.e., the biblical seventh day of the week) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σάββατον | Sabbath |
| 6 | Aramaic | שַׁבְּתָא | sabbath |
| 7 | Hebrew | שַׁבָּת | Sabbath, Shabbat; weekly day of rest; sabbath |
| 8 | Akkadian | šapattum | 15 |