Where does “duvelstoejager” come from?
duvelstoejager (Dutch) comes from Dutch duvel, from Dutch duivel, from Middle Dutch duvel, from Old Dutch diuval, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος, from Ancient Greek διαβάλλω, from Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- — two.
duvelstoejager (Dutch): jack of all trades, factotum; heavy slip hook...
Definitions
- jack of all trades, factotum; heavy slip hook...
Ancestry of “duvelstoejager”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | duvel | devil; body, especially in op z'n duvel; impish... |
| 2 | Dutch | duivel | devil |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | duvel | devil, demon; Devil, Satan |
| 4 | Old Dutch | diuval | — |
| 5 | Latin | diabolus | devil |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | διάβολος | slanderous; libellous; slanderer; the Devil |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | διαβάλλω | throw over or across; set at variance, make a... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δῐᾰ- | apart; through, across; through; in different... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | διά | throughout |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dwís | twice, doubly; in two |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |