Where does “doodnormaal” come from?
doodnormaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch dood, from Dutch doden, from Middle Dutch dôden, from Old Dutch dōden, from Proto-West Germanic daudijan, from Proto-Germanic daudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
doodnormaal (Dutch): Totally normal; not even remotely remarkable
Definitions
- Totally normal; not even remotely remarkable
Ancestry of “doodnormaal”, step by step
doodnormaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 2 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 4 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch normaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | normaal | normal, usual, in accordance with what is common |
| 2 | Latin | normālis | perpendicular, square, with right angles |
| 3 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |