Where does “Nederturk” come from?
Nederturk (Dutch) comes from Dutch neder, from Middle Dutch neder, from Old Dutch nither, from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic niþer, from Proto-Indo-European niter.
Nederturk (Dutch): Dutch Turk
Ancestry of “Nederturk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | neder | down; low- |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | neder | down, downwards; down low; below, beneath |
| 3 | Old Dutch | nither | down |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *niþer | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | niþer | down, downwards |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | niter | — |