Where does “uitjie” come from?
uitjie (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans ui, from Dutch ui, from Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
uitjie (Afrikaans): small onion
Definitions
- small onion
Ancestry of “uitjie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | ui | onion |
| 2 | Dutch | ui | onion; Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | uyen | — |
| 4 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 5 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 6 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |