Where does “borstspeld” come from?
borstspeld (Dutch) comes from Dutch speld, from Middle Dutch spelde, from Dutch spelle, from Latin spīnula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “borstspeld”, step by step
borstspeld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch speld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | speld | A pin; A brooch |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spelde | — |
| 3 | Dutch | spelle | |
| 4 | Latin | spīnula | — |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |