Where does “siraha” come from?

siraha (Shona) comes from Afrikaans slagter, from Dutch slachter, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

siraha (Shona): slaughterhouse, butcher's shop

Definitions

  1. slaughterhouse, butcher's shop

Ancestry of “siraha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansslagterbutcher
2Dutchslachterslaughterer
3Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
4Old Dutch-āri—
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
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