Where does “Thanksgivingtide” come from?
Thanksgivingtide (English) comes from English Thanksgiving, from English giving, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre — passed , crossed.
Thanksgivingtide (English): The season around Thanksgiving
Definitions
- The season around Thanksgiving
Ancestry of “Thanksgivingtide”, step by step
Thanksgivingtide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Thanksgiving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States |
| 2 | English | giving | present participle of give; having the tendency... |
| 3 | English | give | To move, shift, provide something abstract or... |
| 4 | English | foregive | To give ahead of time; give in advance |
| 5 | English | fore- | Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or... |
| 6 | English | Fore | A people of Papua New Guinea |
| 7 | German | Fahr | — |
| 8 | German | Fähre | ferry |
| 9 | Middle High German | verren | — |
| 10 | Old High German | ferrana | from afar |
| 11 | Old High German | ferro | afar; skipper |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | *ferrō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English tide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tide | The periodic change of the sea level,... |
| 2 | Middle English | tyde | A time (period), season |
| 3 | Old English | tīd | time, period, season; period, season, time;... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | tīdiz | time; period, interval |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | déh₂itis | interval, period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂y- | to share, divide |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |