Where does “alsjeblieft” come from?

alsjeblieft (Dutch) comes from Dutch het, from Middle Dutch het, from Old Dutch hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

alsjeblieft (Dutch): please; here you are

Definitions

  1. please; here you are

Ancestry of “alsjeblieft”, step by step

alsjeblieft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch het

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhetthe; it
2Middle Dutchhetit
3Old Dutchhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via Dutch als

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchalsif, when; when, as soon as; if, whether
2Middle Dutchalseif, in the case that; when, whenever; as, like
3Middle Dutchalsôso, thus
4Old Dutchalsōso, thus
5Proto-Germanic*allswā—

via Dutch jou

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjouyou; second-person singular objective personal pronoun
2Middle Dutchjou—
3Old Dutchjū—
4Proto-Germaniciwwizyou

Words derived from “alsjeblieft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- →