Where does “geslachtsdaad” come from?

geslachtsdaad (Dutch) comes from Dutch daad, from Middle Dutch dâet, from Old Dutch dāt, from Proto-West Germanic dādi, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

geslachtsdaad (Dutch): sexual intercourse

Definitions

  1. sexual intercourse

Ancestry of “geslachtsdaad”, step by step

geslachtsdaad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch daad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdaaddeed, act
2Middle Dutchdâetdeed, act
3Old Dutchdātdeed, action
4Proto-West Germanicdādideed
5Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Dutch geslacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeslachtsex; gender; grammatical gender
2Middle Dutchgeslachte—
3Middle Dutchslachte—
4Old Dutchslahta—
5Proto-Germanicslahtō—
6Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
7Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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