Where does “bijspijkeren” come from?
bijspijkeren (Dutch) comes from Dutch spijkeren, from Dutch spijker, from Middle Dutch spīker, from Old Dutch spīkāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um.
bijspijkeren (Dutch): to brush up
Definitions
- to brush up
Ancestry of “bijspijkeren”, step by step
bijspijkeren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch spijkeren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spijkeren | to nail |
| 2 | Dutch | spijker | nail; granary |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | spīker | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spīkāri | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 6 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 7 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 8 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Dutch bij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bij | at, with; by, close to; to, towards |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bi | by, near, around; beside, alongside; at, with |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bī | by, near |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |