Where does “Säajelboot” come from?
Säajelboot (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Boot, from Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
Säajelboot (Plautdietsch): sailboat
Definitions
- sailboat
Ancestry of “Säajelboot”, step by step
Säajelboot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Boot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Boot | boat, skiff, yawl |
| 2 | Middle Low German | bōt | — |
| 3 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 4 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via Plautdietsch Säajel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Säajel | sail |
| 2 | Middle Low German | segel | sail |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sigil | seal |
| 4 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |