Where does “Ärmelkanal” come from?
Ärmelkanal (German) comes from German Ärmel, from Old High German armilo, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic arm, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Ärmelkanal (German): the English Channel
Definitions
- the English Channel
Ancestry of “Ärmelkanal”, step by step
Ärmelkanal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ärmel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ärmel | sleeve |
| 2 | Old High German | armilo | armband |
| 3 | Old High German | arm | arm; poor, miserable |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arm | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via German Kanal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kanal | canal; something that resembles such a... |
| 2 | Italian | canale | channel; canal; conduit |
| 3 | Latin | canālis | a pipe, spout, channel, conduit |
| 4 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 6 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 7 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |