Where does “betonnen” come from?
betonnen (Dutch) comes from Dutch beton, from Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch fluor, from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.
betonnen (Dutch): concrete; to buoy off a port side by equipping it...
Definitions
- concrete; to buoy off a port side by equipping it...
Ancestry of “betonnen”, step by step
betonnen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch beton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | beton | concrete |
| 2 | Dutch | vloer | A floor; Any ground, surface; The bottom, lowest... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vloer | ground; floor; floor, storey |
| 4 | Old Dutch | fluor | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flōraz | ground; floor |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂ros | flat; floor |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |
via Dutch ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ton | barrel; ton; 100,000 of some monetary unit,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tonne | — |
| 3 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Dutch be- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | be- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to apply/provide (noun) to" |