Where does “Negerhollands” come from?
Negerhollands (Dutch) comes from Dutch Hollands, from Dutch -s, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Negerhollands (Dutch): Negerhollands extinct creole language
Definitions
- Negerhollands extinct creole language
Ancestry of “Negerhollands”, step by step
Negerhollands traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Hollands
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Hollands | Hollandic; Netherlandic, Dutch |
| 2 | Dutch | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch neger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | neger | a black person, a Negro |
| 2 | Dutch | negro | black person |
| 3 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 4 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 5 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |