schacht
Middle Low German
/skaxt/
noun
Definitions
- a shaft, a pole upon which something is attached
- a shaft, a tunnel driven vertically into the ground
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon skaft.
Origin
Old Saxon
skaft
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bergwerksschacht German
- Lichtschacht German
- Luftschacht German
- Schacht German
- Schachtofen German
- Treppenschacht German
- ша́хта Russian
- шахта Russian
- шахтный Russian
- шахтёр Russian
- *skaftaz Proto-Germanic
- schack Swedish
- šachta Czech
- šaht Serbo-Croatian
- шахта Kazakh
- šaht Estonian
- giskaft Old Saxon
- skaft Old Saxon
- Schacht German Low German