Where does “sluise” come from?

sluise (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

Ancestry of “sluise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchesclusesluice
2Latinexclūsa
3Latinexclūsusexcluded
4Latinexclūdōto shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something
5Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
6LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
7Proto-Italicklaudōclose
Every word from Proto-Italic klaudōEvery word from Latin claudoEvery word from Latin claudere
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