Where does “drivhus” come from?
drivhus (Danish) comes from Danish drive, from English drive, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
drivhus (Danish): a greenhouse a house of glass or plastic for cultivating plants
Definitions
- a greenhouse a house of glass or plastic for cultivating plants
Ancestry of “drivhus”, step by step
drivhus traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish drive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | drive | to force, drive, impel; to run; to engage in,... |
| 2 | English | drive | Motivation to do or achieve something; ability... |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Treibhaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Treibhaus | greenhouse, hothouse, forcing house |
| 2 | German | haus | singular imperative of hausen; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle High German | hūs | house |
| 4 | Old High German | hūs | house |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hūs | house |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hūsą | house |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |