Where does “casseren” come from?
casseren (Dutch) comes from Old French casser, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
Ancestry of “casseren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | casser | Alternative form of quasser; to break |
| 2 | Latin | cassō | — |
| 3 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 4 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
Words derived from “casseren”