Where does “yachting” come from?
Yachting derives from English yacht, which comes from Middle Dutch jacht, itself from Old Dutch jagot, tracing back through Proto-West Germanic jagōþu to the verb jagōn meaning to hunt or chase.
yachting (English): present participle of yacht; A physical activity...
Definitions
- present participle of yacht; A physical activity...
Ancestry of “yachting”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |