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Where does “jacht” come from?

jacht (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “jacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchjagot—
2Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
3Proto-West Germanic-ōþu—
4Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
5Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “jacht”

  • yacht
  • yachting
  • yachtsman
  • yot
  • superyacht
  • yachtie
  • megayacht
  • yachtlike
  • yachtswoman
  • yachty
  • yachter
  • yachtman
  • yachtsmanship
  • yachtless
  • yachtful
  • yachtboard
  • aeroyacht
  • yachtsfolk
  • miniyacht
  • yachtmanship
  • yate
  • yacht
  • яхта
  • yacht
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