Where does “bekkesnijden” come from?

bekkesnijden (Dutch) comes from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bekkesnijden (Dutch): to play a rural game that involved cutting cheeks...

Definitions

  1. to play a rural game that involved cutting cheeks...

Ancestry of “bekkesnijden”, step by step

bekkesnijden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbeka bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth
2Middle Dutchbec
3Old Frenchbecbeak, bill
4Latinbeccusbeak, bill
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Dutch snijden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsnijdento cut; to cut off
2Middle Dutchsnidento cut; to cut short; to divide
3Old Dutchsnīthanto cut
4Old Englishsnīþanto cut, make an incision, cut off, lance or...
5Proto-Germanicsnīþanąto cut
6Proto-Indo-Europeansneyt-to cut

Words derived from “bekkesnijden

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius