Where does “burgerdode” come from?
burgerdode (Dutch) comes from Dutch burger, from English Burger, from English Hamburger, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
burgerdode (Dutch): civilian death, civilian fatality
Definitions
- civilian death, civilian fatality
Ancestry of “burgerdode”, step by step
burgerdode traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch burger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | burger | citizen; middle-class or bourgeois person,... |
| 2 | English | Burger | Alternative spelling of Burgher; A white wine... |
| 3 | English | Hamburger | A person from Hamburg |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch dode
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dode | A deceased person; A casualty, victim of a fatal... |
| 2 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 3 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 5 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |