Where does “isa” come from?

isa (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese içar, from French hisser, from German hissen, from Middle Low German hissen.

isa (Kabuverdianu): hoist; lift

Definitions

  1. hoist; lift

Ancestry of “isa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseiçarto hoist, to raise
2Frenchhisserto hoist, to raise; to rise through the ranks
3Germanhissento hoist
4Middle Low Germanhissen—
Every word from Middle Low German hissen →Every word from German hissen →Every word from French hisser →