Where does “sablonjaik” come from?
sablonjaik (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sablon, from German Schablone, from Middle Low German schaplūn, from Middle Low German schampeliōn, from Middle Dutch schampelioen, from French échantillon, from Old French eschandillon, from Old French eschandiller — to jump up, ascend.
Ancestry of “sablonjaik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sablon | model, pattern, template; commonplace, cliché |
| 2 | German | Schablone | template, pattern |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schaplūn | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schampeliōn | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | schampelioen | — |
| 6 | French | échantillon | sample, extract |
| 7 | Old French | eschandillon | standard |
| 8 | Old French | eschandiller | to verify the measures of merchants |
| 9 | Latin | scandaculum | ladder |
| 10 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 11 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |