Where does “bewijsgrond” come from?
bewijsgrond (Dutch) comes from German Beweisgrund, from German Beweis, from German beweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną — he, she.
bewijsgrond (Dutch): argument
Ancestry of “bewijsgrond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Beweisgrund | — |
| 2 | German | Beweis | proof; evidence, proof |
| 3 | German | beweisen | to prove |
| 4 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 5 | Middle High German | wīsen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | wīsen | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |