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Where does “sliding pond” come from?

sliding pond (English) comes from Dutch glijbaan, from Dutch baan, from Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-.

sliding pond (English): A frozen pond on which people skate; An area of...

Definitions

  1. A frozen pond on which people skate; An area of...

Ancestry of “sliding pond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchglijbaanchildren's slide
2Dutchbaana road, way, path; a track, lane; a job,...
3Middle Dutchbāne—
4Old Dutchbana—
5Proto-West Germanic*banu—
6Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
7Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—
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