Where does “spykerskrif” come from?
spykerskrif (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch spijkerschrift, from Dutch spijker, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um.
spykerskrif (Afrikaans): cuneiform
Definitions
- cuneiform
Ancestry of “spykerskrif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spijkerschrift | cuneiform |
| 2 | Dutch | spijker | nail; granary |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 6 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 7 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 8 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |