Where does “Thebaan” come from?
Thebaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
Thebaan (Dutch): Theban
Definitions
- Theban
Ancestry of “Thebaan”, step by step
Thebaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch aan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | āne | on, on top of |
| 3 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch Thebe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Thebe | Thebes city in Greece |
| 2 | Latin | Thēbē | Thebe, a nymph and daughter of Asopus and Metope; alternately the daughter of Zeus and Iodame |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Θῆβαι | Thebes |
| 4 | Demotic | [[tꜣ]]-[[jpy]] | — |
| 5 | Egyptian | jpt | oipe, a dry measure of volume equivalent to 4... |
| 6 | Egyptian | -t | Used to form feminine singular forms of nouns; An... |
| 7 | Proto-Afro-Asiatic | -t | — |