Where does “duivel-doet-al” come from?
duivel-doet-al (Dutch) comes from Dutch doet, 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 — he, she.
duivel-doet-al (Dutch): a factotum, jack of all trades
Definitions
- a factotum, jack of all trades
Ancestry of “duivel-doet-al”, step by step
duivel-doet-al traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch doet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doet | Obsolete spelling of dood |
| 2 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 3 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 5 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch duivel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | duivel | devil |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | duvel | devil, demon; Devil, Satan |
| 3 | Old Dutch | diuval | — |
| 4 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |