Where does “elkaar” come from?
elkaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch elkander, from Dutch elk, from Middle Dutch elc, from English Elk, from Middle English elk, from Old English eolh, from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic elhaz — greyish or brownish coloration; deer, elk;...
elkaar (Dutch): each other, one another
Definitions
- each other, one another
Ancestry of “elkaar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | elkander | each other |
| 2 | Dutch | elk | each; every; everyone; everybody |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | elc | — |
| 4 | English | Elk | An Acorn Electron computer; A member of a... |
| 5 | Middle English | elk | elk, moose (Alces alces) |
| 6 | Old English | eolh | elk UK, moose US the largest member of the deer family |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *elh | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | elhaz | elk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁élḱis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁el- | greyish or brownish coloration; deer, elk;... |