Where does “eerzucht” come from?
eerzucht (Dutch) comes from Dutch eer, from Middle Dutch êer, from Old Dutch ēr, from Proto-West Germanic airi, from Proto-Germanic airiz, from Proto-Germanic airi — early.
eerzucht (Dutch): ambition with negative connotations
Definitions
- ambition with negative connotations
Ancestry of “eerzucht”, step by step
eerzucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch eer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eer | honour; ere, before; copper |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | êer | earlier, previously |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ēr | before, earlier than |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | airi | early |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | airiz | earlier, before; comparative degree of *airi |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | airi | early |
via Dutch zucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zucht | sigh; longing, desire; a pathological desire or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | suchte | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | suhti | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | suhtiz | sickness |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |