Where does “drijfjacht” come from?
drijfjacht (Dutch) comes from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
drijfjacht (Dutch): hunt that involves driving game onward
Definitions
- hunt that involves driving game onward
Ancestry of “drijfjacht”, step by step
drijfjacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch jacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch drijven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | drijven | to float; to drive, to push |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | drîven | to drive, to push (forward) |
| 3 | Old Dutch | drīvan | to drive |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | drīban | to drive, to push, to compel to go |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drībaną | to drive, push, compel to go |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreybʰ- | to drive, push |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰer- | to support; to hold |