Where does “blijspel” come from?
blijspel (Dutch) comes from Dutch blij, from Dutch blijde, from Middle Dutch blide, from Old Dutch blīthi, from Proto-West Germanic blīþī, from Proto-Germanic blīþiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlī-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
blijspel (Dutch): a drama that is light and humorous; a comedy
Definitions
- a drama that is light and humorous; a comedy
Ancestry of “blijspel”, step by step
blijspel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch blij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | blij | happy; glad; lead |
| 2 | Dutch | blijde | catapult; Archaic form of blij; Archaic form of... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | blide | happy, cheerful, joyous; catapult |
| 4 | Old Dutch | blīthi | calm |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | blīþī | happy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blīþiz | serene, mild; pleasant, pleasing, delightful,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlī- | light, pleasant, fine; light, fine, pleasant |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Dutch spel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spel | game; playing |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spellen | to explain; to spell, to predict; to mean, to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spellon | to explain |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spellōną | to talk, tell, recount |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spellą | news, message; tale, story |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pel- | to split in two, split in half; to speak with a... |