Where does “baanvak” come from?

baanvak (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-.

baanvak (Dutch): section of railroad track

Definitions

  1. section of railroad track

Ancestry of “baanvak”, step by step

baanvak 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 vak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakA compartment; A subject, discipline, class,...
2Middle Dutchvac—
3Old Dutchfakcompartment
4Proto-West Germanicfakdivision, compartment; period, interval
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “baanvak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →