Where does “Silk Road” come from?
Silk Road (English) comes from German Seidenstraße, from German Seide, from Middle High German sīde, from Old High German sīda, from Proto-Germanic *sīdā, from Latin sēta, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic saitā — to satiate, satisfy.
Silk Road (English): An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders
Definitions
- An extensive interconnected network of trade routes across Asia, North and Northeast Africa, and Europe, historically used by silk traders
Ancestry of “Silk Road”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Seidenstraße | Silk Road |
| 2 | German | Seide | silk; Any of several parasitic vines, of the... |
| 3 | Middle High German | sīde | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sīda | silk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sīdā | — |
| 6 | Latin | sēta | — |
| 7 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |