Where does “geneeskundige” come from?
geneeskundige (Dutch) comes from Dutch geneeskundig, from Dutch geneeskunde, from Dutch genezen, from Middle Dutch genesen, from Middle Dutch ge-, from Old Dutch gi-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
geneeskundige (Dutch): physician, doctor
Definitions
- physician, doctor
Ancestry of “geneeskundige”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | geneeskundig | medical, of medicine |
| 2 | Dutch | geneeskunde | medicine |
| 3 | Dutch | genezen | to heal |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | genesen | to survive; to save; to get better, to heal, to... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ge- | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | gi- | Used for forming the past participle; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |