Where does “Abseitsfalle” come from?
Abseitsfalle (German) comes from German Abseits, from English offside, from English Side, from Middle English side, from Old English sīde, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sida, from Late Latin seta — to satiate, satisfy.
Abseitsfalle (German): offside trap
Definitions
- offside trap
Ancestry of “Abseitsfalle”, step by step
Abseitsfalle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abseits
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abseits | offside |
| 2 | English | offside | In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck,... |
| 3 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 4 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 5 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 9 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |
via German Falle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Falle | trap; bed; dative singular of Fall |
| 2 | German | fällen | to cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make |
| 3 | Middle High German | vellen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | fellen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 9 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 10 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |