Where does “bijgelovigheid” come from?
bijgelovigheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch bijgelovig, from Dutch bijgeloof, from Dutch geloof, from Dutch gelove, from Middle Dutch gelôve, from Old Saxon gilovo, from Proto-West Germanic galaubō, from Proto-Germanic galaubô — resin.
bijgelovigheid (Dutch): superstition
Ancestry of “bijgelovigheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | bijgelovig | superstitious |
| 2 | Dutch | bijgeloof | superstition |
| 3 | Dutch | geloof | belief, conviction; faith, religion |
| 4 | Dutch | gelove | |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gelôve | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | gilovo | belief |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | galaubō | belief |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | galaubô | belief |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |