Where does “afschilderen” come from?

afschilderen (Dutch) comes from Dutch schilderen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

afschilderen (Dutch): to portray, to paint, to depict; to finish...

Definitions

  1. to portray, to paint, to depict; to finish...

Ancestry of “afschilderen”, step by step

afschilderen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch schilderen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschilderento paint
2Dutch-enForms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem...
3Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
4Old Dutch-en
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchafoff; off, from; finished, done
2Middle Dutchafoff, out, away; of, about
3Old Dutchaf
4Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
Every word from Chichewa iye
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