Where does “jaht” come from?
jaht (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
jaht (Estonian): hunt; yacht
Definitions
- hunt; yacht
Ancestry of “jaht”, step by step
jaht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German jacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | jacht | a hunt; a chase, a pursuit; a fast ship |
| 2 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Middle Dutch jacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |