Where does “yachtee” come from?
yachtee (English) comes from English yacht, from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
yachtee (English): One who sails on a yacht
Definitions
- One who sails on a yacht
Ancestry of “yachtee”, step by step
yachtee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English yacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | yacht | A slick and light ship for making pleasure trips... |
| 2 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |