Where does “bekkesnijder” come from?
bekkesnijder (Dutch) comes from Dutch bekkesnijden, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bekkesnijder (Dutch): vandal, cutthroat, ruffian; someone who played a...
Definitions
- vandal, cutthroat, ruffian; someone who played a...
Ancestry of “bekkesnijder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bekkesnijden | to play a rural game that involved cutting cheeks... |
| 2 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 4 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |