Where does “gedaanteverwisseling” come from?
gedaanteverwisseling (Dutch) comes from Dutch verwisseling, from Dutch verwisselen, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
gedaanteverwisseling (Dutch): shapeshifting, metamorphosis
Definitions
- shapeshifting, metamorphosis
Ancestry of “gedaanteverwisseling”, step by step
gedaanteverwisseling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verwisseling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verwisseling | exchange, swapping, replacement |
| 2 | Dutch | verwisselen | to swap, replace, exchange |
| 3 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 4 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch gedaante
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gedaante | form, appearance |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gedaente | — |
| 3 | Dutch | -te | appended to an adjective, making a feminine noun... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -te | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -ti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -itją | Suffix denoting the action of verbs ending in... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -itjaną | Creates intensive verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dyé- | — |