Where does “gelijkvloers” come from?

gelijkvloers (Dutch) comes from Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch fluor, from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

gelijkvloers (Dutch): at-grade

Definitions

  1. at-grade

Ancestry of “gelijkvloers”, step by step

gelijkvloers traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vloer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvloerA floor; Any ground, surface; The bottom, lowest...
2Middle Dutchvloerground; floor; floor, storey
3Old Dutchfluor—
4Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via Dutch gelijk

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

Words derived from “gelijkvloers”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →
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