Where does “einschleusen” come from?
einschleusen (German) comes from German schleusen, from German Schleuse, from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa — close.
einschleusen (German): to make something go through a sluice
Definitions
- to make something go through a sluice
Ancestry of “einschleusen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schleusen | to bring something through a sluice |
| 2 | German | Schleuse | sluice; lock |
| 3 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 4 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 5 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 6 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 7 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 8 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 9 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 10 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 11 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 12 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |