Where does “boswerker” come from?
boswerker (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch boswerker, from Dutch werker, from Dutch werken, from Middle Dutch werken, from Old Dutch wirken, from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
boswerker (Afrikaans): lumberjack, woodcutter; forest worker
Definitions
- lumberjack, woodcutter; forest worker
Ancestry of “boswerker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boswerker | lumberjack, woodcutter; forest worker |
| 2 | Dutch | werker | worker |
| 3 | Dutch | werken | to work, labour; to work, to be effective; to... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | werken | to act; to work; to practice |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wirken | to work; to build, to make |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |