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Where does “apenstaart” come from?

apenstaart (Dutch) comes from Dutch staart, from Middle Dutch stert, from Old Dutch stert, from Proto-West Germanic *stert, from Proto-Germanic stertaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)terd-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

apenstaart (Dutch): the tail of a monkey; at sign, the symbol @;...

Definitions

  1. the tail of a monkey; at sign, the symbol @;...

Ancestry of “apenstaart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchstaartA tail on an animal; An object dangling like an...
2Middle Dutchsterttail; behind, backside; back part of something
3Old Dutchstert—
4Proto-West Germanic*stert—
5Proto-Germanicstertaztail
6Proto-Indo-European(s)terd-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
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