Where does “echtscheiding” come from?
echtscheiding (Dutch) comes from Dutch scheiding, from Dutch scheiden, from Middle Dutch scheiden, from Old Dutch skeithan, from Proto-West Germanic skaiþan, from Proto-Germanic skaiþaną, from Proto-Indo-European skeyt-, from Proto-Indo-European skey- — to cut, cut off, sever.
echtscheiding (Dutch): divorce
Definitions
- divorce
Ancestry of “echtscheiding”, step by step
echtscheiding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch scheiding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | scheiding | separation; A divorce; A parting, a part |
| 2 | Dutch | scheiden | to separate; to divorce |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | scheiden | to separate; to dissolve, to break up; to divide |
| 4 | Old Dutch | skeithan | to leave, to separate from |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skaiþan | to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skaiþaną | to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skeyt- | to cut, part, separate; to cut, part, divide,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skey- | to split, to dissect |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Dutch echt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | echt | authentic, true, genuine, real; The institution... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | echt | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ēhaft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aiwahaft | lawful; true, genuine, real; honourable |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haft | captive |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haftaz | captive, bound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ptós | grabbed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |