Where does “boekhouding” come from?
boekhouding (Dutch) comes from Dutch houding, from Dutch houden, from Middle Dutch houden, from Old Dutch haldan, from Proto-West Germanic haldan, from Proto-Germanic haldaną, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
boekhouding (Dutch): bookkeeping, accounting
Definitions
- bookkeeping, accounting
Ancestry of “boekhouding”, step by step
boekhouding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch houding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | houding | attitude; stance; posture, pose |
| 2 | Dutch | houden | to keep; to keep, to care for; to hold, to be... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | houden | to hold; to keep; Alternative spelling of ouden;... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | haldan | to hold, to keep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haldan | to hold; to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |
via Dutch boekhouden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boekhouden | to keep financial accounts |
| 2 | Dutch | boek | book; omasum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | boec | book; book, tome, volume |
| 4 | Old Dutch | buok | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | bōk | inscribed billet, letter; book |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bōks | letter, written message, inscriptions carved into... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂ǵos | beech |