Where does “aanplakzuil” come from?

aanplakzuil (Dutch) comes from Dutch aanplakken, 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.

aanplakzuil (Dutch): Morris column

Definitions

  1. Morris column

Ancestry of “aanplakzuil”, step by step

aanplakzuil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch aanplakken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanplakkento stick, to affix; to palm off
2Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
3Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
4Old Dutchāna—
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Dutch zuil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzuilpillar, support; pillar, institutional...
2Middle Dutchsuul—
3Old Dutchsūlpillar
4Proto-West Germanicsūlipillar
5Proto-Germanicsūlizbeam, post; column, pillar
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsewl-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱsew-to scrape, shave, sharpen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →