Where does “absorbeerbaar” come from?
absorbeerbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch absorberen, from Middle French absorber, from Latin absorbeō, from Latin sorbeo, from Proto-Italic sorβeō, from Proto-Indo-European srobʰéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
absorbeerbaar (Dutch): absorbable
Definitions
- absorbable
Ancestry of “absorbeerbaar”, step by step
absorbeerbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch absorberen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | absorberen | to absorb |
| 2 | Middle French | absorber | — |
| 3 | Latin | absorbeō | to swallow down, devour |
| 4 | Latin | sorbeo | I suck in, drink up |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sorβeō | to suck in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srobʰéyeti | to be sipping, sucking; to cause to sip, suck |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |