Where does “doopsuiker” come from?
doopsuiker (Dutch) comes from Dutch suiker, from English Sugar, from German zucker, from German zücken, from Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zucken, from Proto-Germanic tukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic tug- — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.
doopsuiker (Dutch): candy, typically sugar beans, offered to friends and relatives on the birth of a child (in Belgium and in parts of the Dutch provinces Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Zeeland)
Definitions
- candy, typically sugar beans, offered to friends and relatives on the birth of a child (in Belgium and in parts of the Dutch provinces Limburg, Noord-Brabant and Zeeland)
Ancestry of “doopsuiker”, step by step
doopsuiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch suiker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | suiker | sugar |
| 2 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 3 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 9 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 10 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |
via Dutch doop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doop | baptism; christening; hazing |
| 2 | Dutch | dopen | to dip, to immerse; to baptize, to christen; to... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dôpen | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | dōpen | to dip, to immerse |
| 5 | Frankish | daupijan | to dip, to immerse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daupijaną | to dip in a liquid, to immerse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewb- | deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom |