Where does “bevolkbaar” come from?
bevolkbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch bevolken, from Dutch volk, from Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
bevolkbaar (Dutch): habitable; able to be populated or settled
Definitions
- habitable; able to be populated or settled
Ancestry of “bevolkbaar”, step by step
bevolkbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bevolken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bevolken | to populate |
| 2 | Dutch | volk | people, nation; tribe; folk, the common people,... |
| 3 | Dutch | tuin | garden, yard; enclosure, fence or hedge |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | tuun | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
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 |