Where does “Nobelprijs” come from?
Nobelprijs (Dutch) comes from Dutch Nobel, from Middle Dutch nobel, from Old French noble, from Latin nōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Nobelprijs (Dutch): Nobel prize
Definitions
- Nobel prize
Ancestry of “Nobelprijs”, step by step
Nobelprijs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Nobel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Nobel | noble, honourable |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | nobel | noble, of noble birth |
| 3 | Old French | noble | noble; upper-class; well-bred |
| 4 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 5 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
via Dutch prijs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | prijs | price, fare, charge |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | prijs | — |
| 3 | Old French | pris | price; esteem; reputation; past participle of... |
| 4 | Latin | pretium | worth, price, value, cost; pay, hire, wage,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pretjom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |