Where does “doevakantie” come from?

doevakantie (Dutch) comes from Dutch doen, from Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

doevakantie (Dutch): active holiday

Definitions

  1. active holiday

Ancestry of “doevakantie”, step by step

doevakantie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch doen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdoento do; to put; to cause to, to make
2Middle Dutchdoento do; to cause; to put, to place
3Old Dutchduonto do; to put, to place
4Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Dutch vakantie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvakantieA holiday, vacation; An easy, careless time
2Middle Dutchvacantie—
3Medieval Latinvacantialeisure; An empty place; nominative neuter plural...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →