Where does “dierenverblijf” come from?
dierenverblijf (Dutch) comes from Dutch verblijf, from Dutch verblijven, from Dutch blijven, from Middle Dutch bliven, from Old Dutch blīvan, from Proto-West Germanic bilīban, from Proto-Germanic bilībaną, from Proto-Germanic bi- — on, onto.
dierenverblijf (Dutch): animal enclosure
Definitions
- animal enclosure
Ancestry of “dierenverblijf”, step by step
dierenverblijf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verblijf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verblijf | a stay; a place where a stay is possible; a home,... |
| 2 | Dutch | verblijven | to stay, to reside |
| 3 | Dutch | blijven | to stay, to remain; to stay, to remain, to still... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | bliven | to become; to stay, to remain; to die, to perish |
| 5 | Old Dutch | blīvan | to remain |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | bilīban | to stay, to remain in place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bilībaną | to stay, to remain in place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch dier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dier | animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia; her,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dier | animal; inflection of die: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dier | animal |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | deuʀ | animal, beast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |