Where does “Nederrijn” come from?
Nederrijn (Dutch) comes from Dutch Rijn, from Middle Dutch rijn, from Old Dutch Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn, from Proto-Germanic Rīnaz, from Gaulish Rēnos, from Proto-Celtic Reinos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reyH- — to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,...
Nederrijn (Dutch): a river and arm of the Rhine in Gelderland and Utrecht, running from the Pannerdensch Kanaal to the Lek at Wijk bij Duurstede
Definitions
- a river and arm of the Rhine in Gelderland and Utrecht, running from the Pannerdensch Kanaal to the Lek at Wijk bij Duurstede
Ancestry of “Nederrijn”, step by step
Nederrijn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Rijn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Rijn | Rhine; the Rhine |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rijn | Rhine |
| 3 | Old Dutch | Rīn | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *Rīn | the river Rhine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Rīnaz | the river Rhine |
| 6 | Gaulish | Rēnos | that which flows |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | Reinos | river, waterway |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reyH- | to move, set in motion |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃er- | to move, to stir; to rise, to spring; to quarrel,... |