raftsman

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English raft

English -s-

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English raftsman

From raft + -s- + -man.

Noun

raftsman (plural raftsmen)

1. A person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill; a rafter.

Translations

person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill

• Catalan: raier (ca) m, raiera (ca) f
• Czech: raftař m, vorař m
• Dutch: vlotter (nl) m
• Finnish: tukinuittaja, uittomies (fi)
• French: flotteur (fr) m, draveur (fr) (Canada)
• German: Flößer (de) m
• Latvian: plostnieks m
• Mongolian: усчин (mn) (usčin)
• Polish: flisak (pl) m, oryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: jangadeiro (pt) m
• Romanian: plutaș (ro) m
• Spanish: almadiero (es) m, ganchero m
• Swedish: timmerflottare n
• Turkish: salcı (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: صالجی (salcı)

Anagrams

• ant farms