Where does “wetenskap” come from?
wetenskap (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch wetenschap, from Dutch weten, from Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch wītan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
wetenskap (Afrikaans): science
Ancestry of “wetenskap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 2 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wēten | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wītan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
Words derived from “wetenskap”