Where does “vlooi” come from?
vlooi (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vlooi, from Dutch vlooien, from Dutch vleien, from Middle Dutch vleien, from Old Dutch fleien, from Proto-West Germanic flaihijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
vlooi (Afrikaans): flea
Definitions
- flea
Ancestry of “vlooi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlooi | |
| 2 | Dutch | vlooien | to catch/remove fleas; to flatter |
| 3 | Dutch | vleien | to flatter, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle; to... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vleien | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | fleien | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | flaihijan | to be sly, be sneaky; to coax, flatter |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |