Where does “afketsen” come from?
afketsen (Dutch) comes from Dutch ketsen, from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
afketsen (Dutch): to rebound, to deflect, to ricochet
Definitions
- to rebound, to deflect, to ricochet
Ancestry of “afketsen”, step by step
afketsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ketsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ketsen | to skim, skip |
| 2 | Old French | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 4 | Latin | coactō | to compel, constrain, force |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |