Where does “marlinspike” come from?
marlinspike (English) comes from English marline, from Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn, from Middle Dutch marlen, from Dutch maren, from Middle Dutch maren, from Old Dutch māren — he, she.
marlinspike (English): A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used...
Definitions
- A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used...
Ancestry of “marlinspike”, step by step
marlinspike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English marline
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marline | A light cord or rope used to bind the end of a... |
| 2 | Middle English | merlin | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | marling | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | marlijn | cord |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | marlen | secure, fasten |
| 6 | Dutch | maren | to announce, to make known; to say "but", to... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | maren | to moor |
| 8 | Old Dutch | māren | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | mārijan | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | mērijaną | to praise, proclaim, celebrate |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Spike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spike | A sort of very large nail |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 5 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |