Schacht
German (Berlin)
/ʃaxt/
noun
Definitions
- shaft, mineshaft tunnel
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German schacht derived from Old Saxon skaft derived 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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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sakki Finnish
- Bergwerk German
- Bergwerksschacht German
- Licht German
- Lichtschacht German
- Luft German
- Luftschacht German
- Ofen German
- Schach German
- Schachtofen German
- Treppe German
- Treppenschacht German
- ша́хта Russian
- шахта Russian
- *skaftaz Proto-Germanic
- schack Swedish
- schackpjäs Swedish
- sceaft Old English
- sċeaft Old English
- skapt Old Norse
- šachta Czech
- šaht Serbo-Croatian
- skaft Old High German
- šaht Estonian
- skaft Old Dutch
- schacht Middle Low German
- giskaft Old Saxon
- skaft Old Saxon
- Schacht German Low German