Where does “bolletjestrui” come from?

bolletjestrui (Dutch) comes from Dutch bolletje, from Dutch slikken, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

bolletjestrui (Dutch): an official shirt worn and accorded daily to the leader in the mountains classification in the Tour de France; a polka dot jersey

Definitions

  1. an official shirt worn and accorded daily to the leader in the mountains classification in the Tour de France; a polka dot jersey

Ancestry of “bolletjestrui”, step by step

bolletjestrui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bolletje

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbolletjea small ingestible package for trafficking recreational drugs see the lemma form for derived terms
2Dutchslikkento swallow
3Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
4Old Dutch-āri
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Dutch trui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtruijumper, sweater
2Middle Dutchtroye
3Middle Low Germantroie
4Old Frenchtroiecoat from Troyes
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Dutch -er
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