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Where does “buitensluiten” come from?

buitensluiten (Dutch) comes from Dutch buiten, from Middle Dutch buten, from Old Dutch būtan, from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan.

buitensluiten (Dutch): to shut out, to lock out; to exclude, to shun

Definitions

  1. to shut out, to lock out; to exclude, to shun

Ancestry of “buitensluiten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbuitenoutside; outside, out of; A mansion and its...
2Middle Dutchbuten—
3Old Dutchbūtan—
4Proto-West Germanic*biūtan—
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