Where does “babyshampoo” come from?
babyshampoo (Dutch) comes from Dutch baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
babyshampoo (Dutch): shampoo meant for a baby
Definitions
- shampoo meant for a baby
Ancestry of “babyshampoo”, step by step
babyshampoo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baby | baby infant |
| 2 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 3 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Dutch shampoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | shampoo | shampoo (product for washing hair) |
| 2 | English | shampoo | A traditional Indian and Persian body massage... |
| 3 | Urdu | چان٘پو | — |
| 4 | Hindi | चाँपो | inflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural... |
| 5 | Hindi | चाँपना | to press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चपयति | to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,... |