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Where does “gelijkspanning” come from?

gelijkspanning (Dutch) comes from Dutch gelijk, from Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gelijkspanning (Dutch): direct/continuous voltage

Definitions

  1. direct/continuous voltage

Ancestry of “gelijkspanning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgelijkequal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;...
2Middle Dutchgelijc—
3Old Dutchgilīk—
4Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
5Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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