Where does “boerderijdier” come from?
boerderijdier (Dutch) comes from Dutch boerderij, from Dutch Boeren, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
boerderijdier (Dutch): farm animal
Definitions
- farm animal
Ancestry of “boerderijdier”, step by step
boerderijdier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch boerderij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | boerderij | A farm |
| 2 | Dutch | Boeren | to farm, practice agriculture |
| 3 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch dier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dier | animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia; her,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dier | animal; inflection of die: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dier | animal |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | deuʀ | animal, beast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |