Where does “Säajelpost” come from?
Säajelpost (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Post, from Middle Low German post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo- — passed , crossed.
Säajelpost (Plautdietsch): mast (of a sailing ship)
Definitions
- mast (of a sailing ship)
Ancestry of “Säajelpost”, step by step
Säajelpost traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Post | mail, post |
| 2 | Middle Low German | post | — |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 7 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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 |