Where does “eikapsel” come from?
eikapsel (Dutch) comes from Dutch ei, from Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch ei, from Proto-West Germanic aij, from English ice, from Middle English is, from Old English īs, from Proto-West Germanic īs — ice, frost.
eikapsel (Dutch): egg case
Definitions
- egg case
Ancestry of “eikapsel”, step by step
eikapsel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ei | egg |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | ei | egg |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ei | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | aij | egg |
| 5 | English | ice | Water in frozen form; Any frozen volatile... |
| 6 | Middle English | is | ice; That which is short-lived like ice; icy... |
| 7 | Old English | īs | ice |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | īs | ice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | īsą | ice |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁eyH- | ice, frost |
via Dutch kapsel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kapsel | haircut, hairstyle, hairdo; capsule; headdress,... |
| 2 | German | kapsel | inflection of kapseln: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kapsel | — |
| 4 | Latin | capsula | small box or chest |
| 5 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |