Where does “taalkommissie” come from?
taalkommissie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kommissie, from Dutch commissie, from Middle Dutch commissie, from Old French commission, from Latin commissio, from Latin committo, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
taalkommissie (Afrikaans): language commission
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Ancestry of “taalkommissie”, step by step
taalkommissie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans kommissie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | kommissie | committee |
| 2 | Dutch | commissie | commission |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | commissie | — |
| 4 | Old French | commission | — |
| 5 | Latin | commissio | commission |
| 6 | Latin | committo | I commit; I begin; I carry on |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Afrikaans taal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | taal | language |
| 2 | Dutch | taal | language |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tāle | spoken or written words, that which someone says |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tala | number }} |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *talu | narration, report |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |