Where does “blauwverschuiving” come from?
blauwverschuiving (Dutch) comes from English blueshift, from English Blue, from Middle English blēwe, from Anglo-Norman blew, from Middle French bleu, from Old French blöe, from Latvian blāvus, from Old High German blāo — yellow, blond, grey.
blauwverschuiving (Dutch): blueshift
Definitions
- blueshift
Ancestry of “blauwverschuiving”, step by step
blauwverschuiving traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English blueshift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blueshift | A change in the wavelength of light, in which the... |
| 2 | English | Blue | A letterman at Oxford or Cambridge; A member of... |
| 3 | Middle English | blēwe | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | blew | blue |
| 5 | Middle French | bleu | blue |
| 6 | Old French | blöe | blue |
| 7 | Latvian | blāvus | accusative plural masculine form of blāvs |
| 8 | Old High German | blāo | blue, dark, grey; blue; yellow |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blāu | blue |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blēwaz | blue; a dark bluish or grey colour, black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlēw- | yellow, blond, grey |
via Dutch verschuiving
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verschuiving | shift |
| 2 | Dutch | verschuiven | to move, shift; to postpone; to move |
| 3 | Dutch | ver- | to do or to become what the stem refers to; used... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |