Where does “bijbelwetenschap” come from?
bijbelwetenschap (Dutch) comes from Dutch Bijbel, from Middle Dutch bibele, from Latin Biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον, from Ancient Greek βυβλίον, from Ancient Greek βύβλος, from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 — deity, god.
bijbelwetenschap (Dutch): Biblical studies
Definitions
- Biblical studies
Ancestry of “bijbelwetenschap”, step by step
bijbelwetenschap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Bijbel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Bijbel | Bible |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bibele | — |
| 3 | Latin | Biblia | the Bible |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βιβλία | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of βιβλίον |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βιβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βυβλίον | Strip of papyrus; Small book, tablet, letter; Any... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βύβλος | papyrus; book |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤂𐤁𐤋 | Byblos |
| 9 | Phoenician | 𐤀𐤋 | god, deity |
| 10 | Proto-Semitic | ʔil- | deity, god |
via Dutch wetenschap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 2 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wēten | to know knowledge |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wītan | to know |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |