Where does “Bevrijdingsdag” come from?
Bevrijdingsdag (Dutch) comes from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
Bevrijdingsdag (Dutch): Liberation Day, i.e. VE Day (Victory in Europe day): celebrated as a holiday on May 5th in the Netherlands
Definitions
- Liberation Day, i.e. VE Day (Victory in Europe day): celebrated as a holiday on May 5th in the Netherlands
Ancestry of “Bevrijdingsdag”, step by step
Bevrijdingsdag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dag | day; daytime; ! |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dach | day |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dag | day |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via Dutch bevrijding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bevrijding | liberation |
| 2 | Dutch | -ing | Creates action nouns referring to the performance... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -inge | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -inga | — |