Where does “digkuns” come from?
digkuns (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans dig, from Dutch dichten, from Dutch dicht, from Middle Dutch dicht, from Old Dutch thīht, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European tenkt- — to stretch, to extend.
digkuns (Afrikaans): poetry
Definitions
- poetry
Ancestry of “digkuns”, step by step
digkuns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans dig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | dig | closed, shut, tight |
| 2 | Dutch | dichten | to close; to stop up; to compose a poem |
| 3 | Dutch | dicht | thick, tight, dense; close; closed, shut |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dicht | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thīht | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *þį̄ht(ī) | tight |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þinhtaz | tight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkt- | dense, thick, tight |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Afrikaans kuns
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kuns | art |
| 2 | Dutch | kunst | art; prowess, ability; trick |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cunst | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | kunst | knowledge, know-how, skill |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kunstiz | knowledge, ability |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |