Where does “drie-eenheid” come from?
drie-eenheid (Dutch) comes from Latin trīnitās, from German Dreieinigkeit, from German Einigkeit, from German -keit, from German -heit, from Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu.
drie-eenheid (Dutch): Trinity
Definitions
- Trinity
Ancestry of “drie-eenheid”, step by step
drie-eenheid traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin trīnitās
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | trīnitās | threeness; the state of being three |
| 2 | German | Dreieinigkeit | Trinity |
| 3 | German | Einigkeit | unity; consensus, agreement |
| 4 | German | -keit | Alternative form of -heit; -ness, -ty; -ty |
| 5 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 6 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 7 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |
via Dutch eenheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eenheid | unity; unit; loneliness |
| 2 | Latin | ūnitās | oneness, unity; state of being one or undivided |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |