Where does “trenŝipo” come from?
trenŝipo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝipo, from English ship, from Middle English schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic skip, from Proto-Germanic skipą, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
trenŝipo (Esperanto): tugboat, tug, towboat
Definitions
- tugboat, tug, towboat
Ancestry of “trenŝipo”, step by step
trenŝipo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto ŝipo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | ŝipo | ship |
| 2 | English | ship | A water-borne vessel generally larger than a... |
| 3 | Middle English | schip | ship |
| 4 | Old English | sċip | ship |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skip | ship |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skipą | ship; hollow object |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via Esperanto treni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | treni | to drag, to tow |
| 2 | French | traîner | to pull, drag; to lag behind, dawdle; to lie... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | traginare | present active infinitive of *traginō |
| 4 | Latin | tragēre | — |
| 5 | Latin | trahere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | traho | I drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | traɣō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |