Where does “Vriezenveen” come from?
Vriezenveen (Dutch) comes from Dutch fries, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز, from Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ — to push, to stick.
Ancestry of “Vriezenveen”, step by step
Vriezenveen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch fries
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | fries | frieze; Frisian horse |
| 2 | French | Frise | — |
| 3 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 4 | Italian | fris | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 6 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 7 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 11 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |