Where does “babbelachtigheid” come from?
babbelachtigheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch babbelachtig, from Dutch -achtig, from Middle Dutch -achtig, from Middle Dutch -haftig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g — -y, -ic.
babbelachtigheid (Dutch): loquaciousness
Definitions
- loquaciousness
Ancestry of “babbelachtigheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | babbelachtig | chattery, loquacious |
| 2 | Dutch | -achtig | -like, -ish |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -achtig | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -haftig | — |
| 5 | Dutch | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | -ich | -y |
| 7 | Old Dutch | -ig | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |