Where does “шлюз” come from?
шлюз (Russian) 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.
шлюз (Russian): sluice, lock, gateway; airlock
Definitions
- sluice, lock, gateway; airlock
Ancestry of “шлюз”, 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 |