Where does “ezelsbruggetje” come from?
ezelsbruggetje (Dutch) comes from Dutch ezelsbrug, from Latin pons asinorum, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
Ancestry of “ezelsbruggetje”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | ezelsbrug | mnemonic |
| 2 | Latin | pons asinorum | "literally", "the Bridge of Asses": the geometric... |
| 3 | Latin | pōns | — |
| 4 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 5 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |