Where does “liftshaft” come from?
liftshaft (English) comes from English lift, from Middle English lifte, from Old English lyft, from Proto-West Germanic luftu, from Proto-Germanic luftuz, from Proto-Indo-European lewp-, from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
liftshaft (English): The vertical shaft in a building which contains a...
Definitions
- The vertical shaft in a building which contains a...
Ancestry of “liftshaft”, step by step
liftshaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 2 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 3 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
via English shaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shaft | The entire body of a long weapon, such as an... |
| 2 | Old English | sċeaft | shaft; creation |
| 3 | Old English | sċieppan | to form; shape |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |