Where does “fietsbrug” come from?

fietsbrug (Dutch) comes from Dutch brug, from Middle Dutch brugge, from Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-West Germanic bruggju, from Proto-Germanic brugjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw- — to boil, brew.

fietsbrug (Dutch): A bicycle bridge

Definitions

  1. A bicycle bridge

Ancestry of “fietsbrug”, step by step

fietsbrug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch brug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbrugbridge; A substantive connection in a discourse...
2Middle Dutchbruggebridge; Bruges
3Old Dutchbruggabridge
4Proto-West Germanicbruggjubridge
5Proto-Germanicbrugjǭbridge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰerw-to boil, brew

via Dutch fiets

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfietsbicycle; motorbike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerw-