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Where does “cacao-overeenkomst” come from?

cacao-overeenkomst (Dutch) comes from Dutch overeenkomst, from Dutch overeenkomen, from Dutch komen, from Middle Dutch cōmen, from Old Dutch cuman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt — to step.

cacao-overeenkomst (Dutch): cocoa agreement

Definitions

  1. cocoa agreement

Ancestry of “cacao-overeenkomst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchovereenkomstsimilarity; agreement; contract
2Dutchovereenkomento agree; to correspond to
3Dutchkomento come; to happen, to arise, to come to be, to...
4Middle Dutchcōmen—
5Old Dutchcumanto come
6Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
7Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step
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