Where does “bathplug” come from?

bathplug (English) comes from English plug, from Dutch plug, from Dutch plugge, from Middle Dutch plugge, from Old Dutch pluggi, from Proto-Germanic plugjaz.

bathplug (English): A plug that prevents water from escaping from a...

Definitions

  1. A plug that prevents water from escaping from a...

Ancestry of “bathplug”, step by step

bathplug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplugA pronged connecting device which fits into a...
2Dutchplugwall plug
3Dutchplugge
4Middle Dutchpluggepeg, plug
5Old Dutchpluggi
6Proto-Germanicplugjaz

via English Bath

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBathAn English marquisate
2Middle EnglishbaþAlternative form of bath
3Old Englishbæþbath; baptismal font
4Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
5Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
Every word from Proto-Germanic plugjaz
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