Where does “yacht” come from?
Yacht comes from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, derived from the verb jagōn meaning to hunt or chase.
yacht (English): A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips...
Definitions
- A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips...
Ancestry of “yacht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |