Where does “Wotabrigj” come from?
Wotabrigj (Plautdietsch) comes from Bislama wota, from Spanish bota, from French botte, from Italian botta, from Italian bottare, from French bouter, from Middle French bouter, from Old French bouter — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Wotabrigj (Plautdietsch): viaduct
Definitions
- viaduct
Ancestry of “Wotabrigj”, step by step
Wotabrigj traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Bislama wota
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bislama | wota | water |
| 2 | Spanish | bota | boot; wineskin, bota bag; soft pouch, usually... |
| 3 | French | botte | boot; something resembling a boot; oppression |
| 4 | Italian | botta | blow, hit, shock, knock, attack |
| 5 | Italian | bottare | — |
| 6 | French | bouter | to push; to remove flesh from the skin of an... |
| 7 | Middle French | bouter | to pull |
| 8 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 9 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |