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Where does “blokkeringsminderheid” come from?

blokkeringsminderheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch minderheid, from Dutch -heid, from Middle Dutch -heit, from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

blokkeringsminderheid (Dutch): a minority with the power to delay or stop a...

Definitions

  1. a minority with the power to delay or stop a...

Ancestry of “blokkeringsminderheid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchminderheidminority
2Dutch-heid-ness, -ity; forms nouns from adjectives,...
3Middle Dutch-heit—
4Old Dutch-heit—
5Proto-West Germanic-haidu—
6Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
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