Where does “afrukken” come from?
afrukken (Dutch) comes from Dutch rukken, from Middle Dutch rucken, from Old Dutch rukken, from Proto-West Germanic *rukkijan, from Proto-Germanic rukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
afrukken (Dutch): to tear away, snatch (away), pluck off
Definitions
- to tear away, snatch (away), pluck off
Ancestry of “afrukken”, step by step
afrukken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch rukken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rukken | to jerk, to pull; to jerk off, to wank |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | rucken | to jerk, to tug with sudden force |
| 3 | Old Dutch | rukken | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *rukkijan | to pull, tug, jerk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rukkijaną | to pull, to tug; to rock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |