schacht
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxɑxt/
noun
Definitions
- A shaft, a pole-shaped object or part of one, e.g. a handle
- A shaft, an access opening
- (college) A pledge, freshman, especially if subject to hazing
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch schacht inherited from Old Dutch skaft inherited from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (pole, shaft).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skaftaz
Gloss
pole, shaft
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftershaft English
- airshaft English
- camshaft English
- cockshaft English
- countershaft English
- crankshaft English
- driveshaft English
- foreshaft English
- hail shaft English
- hairshaft English
- jackshaft English
- layshaft English
- mainshaft English
- midshaft English
- mineshaft English
- prickshaft English
- propshaft English
- shaft English
- shaft bow English
- shaftless English
- shaftlike English
- shaftman English
- shaftment English
- shaftway English
- shaftwork English
- spearshaft English
- sunshaft English
- turboshaft English
- viewshaft English
- windshaft English
- bok Dutch, Flemish
- mijn Dutch, Flemish
- mijnschacht Dutch, Flemish
- schachtbok Dutch, Flemish
- schachttoren Dutch, Flemish
- toren Dutch, Flemish
- *skaftaz Proto-Germanic
- シャフト Japanese
- sceaft Old English
- sċeaft Old English
- schaft Middle English
- skapt Old Norse
- schacht Middle Dutch
- skaft Old High German
- mynskag Afrikaans
- skaft Old Dutch
- skaft Old Saxon