Where does “boatswen” come from?
boatswen (English) comes from Haitian Creole swen, from French soin, from Middle French soin, from Old French soing, from Latin sonium, from Frankish sunnju, from Proto-Germanic sunjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁s-ónt-ih₂ — to be.
Ancestry of “boatswen”, step by step
boatswen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Haitian Creole swen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | swen | care |
| 2 | French | soin | care |
| 3 | Middle French | soin | — |
| 4 | Old French | soing | care; attention; thought |
| 5 | Latin | sonium | care, attention |
| 6 | Frankish | sunnju | worry, care, concern; concern, care;... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sunjō | truth, sooth; denial, protest |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁s-ónt-ih₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
via English boat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | boat | A craft used for transportation of goods,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 3 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |