Where does “bestelwagen” come from?
bestelwagen (Dutch) comes from Dutch wagen, from Dutch lijkwagen, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
bestelwagen (Dutch): delivery van
Ancestry of “bestelwagen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | wagen | A wagon, carriage; A cart; An automobile, car,... |
| 2 | Dutch | lijkwagen | A hearse, a funerary vehicle |
| 3 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |