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Where does “aardverschuiving” come from?

aardverschuiving (Dutch) comes from Dutch verschuiving, from Dutch verschuiven, from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

aardverschuiving (Dutch): landslide; upheaval

Definitions

  1. landslide; upheaval

Ancestry of “aardverschuiving”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverschuivingshift
2Dutchverschuivento move, shift; to postpone; to move
3Dutchver-to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...
4Middle Dutcher-—
5Old Dutchur-—
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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