Where does “breedscheenjuffer” come from?
breedscheenjuffer (Dutch) comes from Dutch breed, from Dutch spoor, from Middle Dutch spor, from Old Dutch spor, from Proto-West Germanic *spor, from Proto-Germanic spurą, from Proto-Indo-European sperH- — to kick.
breedscheenjuffer (Dutch): a white-legged damselfly, a damselfly of the family Platycnemididae
Definitions
- a white-legged damselfly, a damselfly of the family Platycnemididae
Ancestry of “breedscheenjuffer”, step by step
breedscheenjuffer traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch breed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | breed | broad, wide |
| 2 | Dutch | spoor | track; railway track; trace |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | spor | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | spor | track, trace |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *spor | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | spurą | track |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sperH- | to kick |
via Dutch scheen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | scheen | shin; strip of wood or metal |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schene | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | skina | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skinu | bar, track; shin, spine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skinō | plate; rim; piece; shinbone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Dutch juffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | juffer | damsel, maiden |
| 2 | Dutch | juffrouw | young woman, normally unmarried; female teacher... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | juffrouwe | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | joncfrouwe | — |