Where does “aftelbaar” come from?
aftelbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch aftellen, from Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
aftelbaar (Dutch): countable
Definitions
- countable
Ancestry of “aftelbaar”, step by step
aftelbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch aftellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aftellen | to count down |
| 2 | Dutch | tellen | to count, to enumerate; to determine the number... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tellen | to count, to calculate; to count as, to consider... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tellen | to tell, to say; to count |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |