Where does “geldwezen” come from?

geldwezen (Dutch) comes from Dutch wezen, from Middle Dutch wēsen, from Old Dutch wesan, from Proto-West Germanic wesan, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

geldwezen (Dutch): finance

Definitions

  1. finance

Ancestry of “geldwezen”, step by step

geldwezen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wezen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchwezenA being, creature; system, sector, institution;...
2Middle Dutchwēsento be
3Old Dutchwesanto be
4Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Dutch geld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeldmoney; not pregnant; male
2Middle Dutchgelde—
3Old Norsegeldryielding no milk, dry; barren, yielding no milk
4Proto-Germanicgaldaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰel-to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →