Where does “motorbåt” come from?

motorbåt (Swedish) comes from Swedish båt, from Old Swedish bāter, from Old Norse bátr, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

motorbåt (Swedish): a motor boat

Definitions

  1. a motor boat

Ancestry of “motorbåt”, step by step

motorbåt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish båt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbåta boat
2Old Swedishbāterboat
3Old Norsebátrboat
4Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
5Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
6Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Swedish motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmotorengine, motor
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baitaz →