Where does “achterhoedegevecht” come from?
achterhoedegevecht (Dutch) comes from Dutch achterhoede, from Dutch achter, from Middle Dutch achter, from Old Dutch after, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar, from Proto-Germanic after, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.
achterhoedegevecht (Dutch): rearguard battle, rearguard fight; rearguard...
Definitions
- rearguard battle, rearguard fight; rearguard...
Ancestry of “achterhoedegevecht”, step by step
achterhoedegevecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch achterhoede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | achterhoede | rearguard, rear; rear, trailers, people who are... |
| 2 | Dutch | achter | behind; beyond |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | achter | behind; through, past; after |
| 4 | Old Dutch | after | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *aftar | after, behind |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | after | after, behind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |