Where does “śluza” come from?
śluza (Polish) comes from German Schleuse, from Dutch sluis, from English sluice, from Middle English sluse, from Middle English scluse, from Old French escluse, from Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus — close.
śluza (Polish): sluice, lock
Definitions
- sluice, lock
Ancestry of “śluza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schleuse | sluice; lock |
| 2 | Dutch | sluis | sluice, lock |
| 3 | English | sluice | An artificial passage for water, fitted with a... |
| 4 | Middle English | sluse | — |
| 5 | Middle English | scluse | sluice |
| 6 | Old French | escluse | sluice |
| 7 | Latin | exclūsa | — |
| 8 | Latin | exclūsus | excluded |
| 9 | Latin | exclūdō | to shut out; cut off, remove, separate from something |
| 10 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 11 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |