Where does “hierdie” come from?
hierdie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans hier, from Dutch hier, from Middle Dutch hier, from Old Dutch hier, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hierdie (Afrikaans): this; these
Definitions
- this; these
Ancestry of “hierdie”, step by step
hierdie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans hier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | hier | here |
| 2 | Dutch | hier | here; this |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hier | here, in this place; to here, hither; now, at... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | hier | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |