Where does “beetpakken” come from?

beetpakken (Dutch) comes from Dutch beet, from Middle Dutch bēte, from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

beetpakken (Dutch): to clutch

Definitions

  1. to clutch

Ancestry of “beetpakken”, step by step

beetpakken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch beet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbeetbite; Alternative form of biet; singular past...
2Middle Dutchbētebite
3LatinbētaA beet
4Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Dutch pakken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpakkento grab, to take; to get, to fetch; to pack, to...
2Middle Dutchpackento pack
3Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
4Old Dutch-en
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-