Where does “haulageway” come from?
haulageway (English) comes from English haulage, 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 — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
haulageway (English): A track or road used for hauling materials
Definitions
- A track or road used for hauling materials
Ancestry of “haulageway”, step by step
haulageway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English haulage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | haulage | The act of hauling; The business of transporting... |
| 2 | English | haul | To transport by drawing or pulling, as with... |
| 3 | Middle English | hālen | — |
| 4 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 5 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 7 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |