Where does “daardie” come from?
daardie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans daar, from Dutch daar, from Middle Dutch dâer, from Old Dutch thār, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to- — this; that.
daardie (Afrikaans): that; those
Definitions
- that; those
Ancestry of “daardie”, step by step
daardie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans daar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | daar | there; since; because; for |
| 2 | Dutch | daar | there; that; since |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dâer | Demonstrative uses |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thār | there |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |