Where does “ritsleting” come from?

ritsleting (Indonesian) comes from Dutch ritssluiting, from Dutch sluiting, from Dutch sluiten, from Middle Dutch sluten, from Old Dutch slūtan, from Proto-Germanic slūtaną.

ritsleting (Indonesian): zip fastener, zipper

Definitions

  1. zip fastener, zipper

Ancestry of “ritsleting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchritssluitingzip fastener, zip, zipper
2Dutchsluitingclosure; lock
3Dutchsluitento close; to make, to affirm
4Middle Dutchslutento close, to shut; to close off; to lock up
5Old Dutchslūtanto close, shut
6Proto-Germanicslūtaną—
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