Where does “bloemkoolwijk” come from?
bloemkoolwijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch bloemkool, from French chou-fleur, from French fleur, from Latin deflorare, from Latin flōs, from Proto-Italic flōs, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-s, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-.
bloemkoolwijk (Dutch): a neighbourhood built around roads that branch...
Definitions
- a neighbourhood built around roads that branch...
Ancestry of “bloemkoolwijk”, step by step
bloemkoolwijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bloemkool
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bloemkool | cauliflower; large breast, melon, bazonga |
| 2 | French | chou-fleur | cauliflower |
| 3 | French | fleur | Flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the... |
| 4 | Latin | deflorare | — |
| 5 | Latin | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flōs | flower, blossom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃-s | flower, blossom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Dutch wijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wijk | neighborhood; district |
| 2 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 3 | German | witz | joke |
| 4 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |