Where does “downhaul” come from?
downhaul (English) comes from English haul, from Middle English hālen, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn, from Proto-Germanic halōną — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
downhaul (English): Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar
Definitions
- Any rope used to haul down a sail or spar
Ancestry of “downhaul”, step by step
downhaul traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haul
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haul | To transport by drawing or pulling, as with... |
| 2 | Middle English | hālen | — |
| 3 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 4 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 6 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |