Where does “Schleusenwärter” come from?
Schleusenwärter (German) comes from German Schleuse, from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus — close.
Schleusenwärter (German): lockkeeper
Definitions
- lockkeeper
Ancestry of “Schleusenwärter”, step by step
Schleusenwärter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schleuse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schleuse | sluice; lock |
| 2 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 3 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 4 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 5 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 6 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 8 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 9 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 10 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 11 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |