Etymology

liftshaft

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Today it means: The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor. Full definition →

Old English sceaft ← Proto-Germanic *skaftaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skaftaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromsceaft
  3. English todayliftshaft

From lift (“vertical transport, elevator”) + shaft, from Old English sceaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skaftaz all →

shaft

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