Where does “schorlous” come from?
schorlous (English) comes from English ous, from English ou, from Afrikaans ou, from Dutch oud, from Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch ald, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
schorlous (English): schorlaceous; resembling schorl
Definitions
- schorlaceous; resembling schorl
Ancestry of “schorlous”, step by step
schorlous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via English schorl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | schorl | The most common variety of tourmaline |
| 2 | German | Schörl | schorl |
| 3 | Swedish | skör | frail, brittle, fragile, weak; weak in moral,... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | skør | — |
| 5 | Low German | schör | weak, fragile |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skuriz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skeraną | to shear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |