Where does “chirurg” come from?
chirurg (Dutch) comes from German Chirurg, from Latin chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός, from Ancient Greek -ουργός, from Ancient Greek ἔργον, from Proto-Hellenic wérgon, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
chirurg (Dutch): surgeon
Ancestry of “chirurg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Chirurg | surgeon |
| 2 | Latin | chīrurgus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | χειρουργός | craftsman; surgeon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ουργός | worker, maker; work; worker, maker, craftsman |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἔργον | deed, doing, action; labour, work, task;... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | wérgon | work |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |