Where does “baanloos” come from?

baanloos (Dutch) comes from Dutch baan, from Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.

baanloos (Dutch): jobless, unemployed

Definitions

  1. jobless, unemployed

Ancestry of “baanloos”, step by step

baanloos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch baan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbaana road, way, path; a track, lane; a job,...
2Middle Dutchbāneopen field, battlefield
3Old Dutchbana
4Proto-West Germanic*banu
5Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
6Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-

via Dutch loos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchloosblank, empty; idle; amiss, wrong, problematic
2Middle Dutchloos
3Old Dutchlōsdeceitful, malicious, false
4Proto-West Germanic*luhslynx
5Proto-Germanicluhsazlynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-
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