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Where does “achterste” come from?

achterste (Dutch) comes from Dutch -st, from Middle Dutch -st, from Old Dutch -ist, from Proto-Germanic -istaz, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yoss.

achterste (Dutch): rearmost, hindmost; rear-end, bottom of a person...

Definitions

  1. rearmost, hindmost; rear-end, bottom of a person...

Ancestry of “achterste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-stappended to the stem of a verb, this suffix...
2Middle Dutch-stForms the superlative of adjectives; -est
3Old Dutch-ist—
4Proto-Germanic-istaz-est
5Proto-Indo-European-istHos—
6Proto-Indo-European-yōsForms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or...
7Proto-Indo-European-yoss—

Words derived from “achterste”

  • achterstevoren
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