Where does “Frachtsegler” come from?
Frachtsegler (German) comes from German fracht, from Middle Low German vracht, from Old Saxon frāht, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
Frachtsegler (German): a sailing cargo ship
Definitions
- a sailing cargo ship
Ancestry of “Frachtsegler”, step by step
Frachtsegler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fracht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fracht | freight, cargo |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vracht | freight money |
| 3 | Old Saxon | frāht | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German Segler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Segler | one who sails, steers sailing boats; a sailor (for sport or recreation) |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |