Where does “dichtkunst” come from?
dichtkunst (Dutch) comes from Dutch dichten, from Dutch dicht, from Middle Dutch dicht, from Old Dutch thīht, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European tenkt-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
dichtkunst (Dutch): poetry
Definitions
- poetry
Ancestry of “dichtkunst”, step by step
dichtkunst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dichten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dichten | to close; to stop up; to compose a poem |
| 2 | Dutch | dicht | thick, tight, dense; close; closed, shut |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dicht | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thīht | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *þį̄ht(ī) | tight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þinhtaz | tight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkt- | dense, thick, tight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |