Where does “behandelbaar” come from?
behandelbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch behandelen, from Dutch handelen, from English handle, from Middle English handel, from Old English handle, from Old English handlian, from Proto-West Germanic handulōn, from Proto-Germanic handlōną — hand.
behandelbaar (Dutch): treatable, able to be treated (e.g. medically or otherwise)
Definitions
- treatable, able to be treated (e.g. medically or otherwise)
Ancestry of “behandelbaar”, step by step
behandelbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch behandelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | behandelen | to handle, to treat; to treat; to deal with,... |
| 2 | Dutch | handelen | to trade, do business; to act |
| 3 | English | handle | The part of an object which is held in the hand... |
| 4 | Middle English | handel | — |
| 5 | Old English | handle | a handle |
| 6 | Old English | handlian | to handle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | handulōn | to handle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | handlōną | to take or hold in the hand, seize, grip |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |