Where does “bestijgbaar” come from?
bestijgbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch bestijgen, from Dutch stijgen, from Middle Dutch stigen, from Old Dutch stīgan, from Proto-West Germanic stīgan, from Proto-Germanic stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European stéygʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.
bestijgbaar (Dutch): climbable
Definitions
- climbable
Ancestry of “bestijgbaar”, step by step
bestijgbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bestijgen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bestijgen | to mount; to climb, to ascend |
| 2 | Dutch | stijgen | to climb, to go up, to rise; to ascend |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | stigen | to ascend, to climb |
| 4 | Old Dutch | stīgan | to climb, to ascend |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | stīgan | to climb, to ascend |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stīganą | to go up; climb, ascend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stéygʰeti | to be walking; to be climbing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |
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 |