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Where does “bevolkingsdichtheid” come from?

bevolkingsdichtheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch bevolking, 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 — smoke; mist, haze.

bevolkingsdichtheid (Dutch): population density

Definitions

  1. population density

Ancestry of “bevolkingsdichtheid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbevolkingpopulation
2Dutchbevolkento populate
3Dutchvolkpeople, nation; tribe; folk, the common people,...
4Dutchtuingarden, yard; enclosure, fence or hedge
5Middle Dutchtuun—
6Old Dutchtūn—
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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