Where does “sílift” come from?
sílift (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lift, from British English lift, from French lift, from English lift, from Middle English lifte, from Old English lyft, from Proto-West Germanic luftu, from Proto-Germanic luftuz — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
sílift (Hungarian): chairlift a continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport skiers up the sides of mountains
Definitions
- chairlift a continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport skiers up the sides of mountains
Ancestry of “sílift”, step by step
sílift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian lift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | lift | lift, elevator |
| 2 | British English | lift | — |
| 3 | French | lift | lift attendant UK, elevator attendant US |
| 4 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 5 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 6 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |
via Hungarian sí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sí | ski; to howl, cry, whiz, shriek, screech, shrill |
| 2 | German | Schi | Alternative spelling of Ski; ski |
| 3 | Norwegian | ski | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | skíð | stick of wood, snowshoe; split wood, wooden... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skīdą | piece of wood, billet, board |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |