Where does “geslachtsverkeer” come from?

geslachtsverkeer (Dutch) comes from Dutch verkeer, from German verkehr, from German verkehren, from Dutch verkeren, from Dutch keren, from Middle Dutch keren, from Old Dutch kēren, from Proto-Germanic karzijaną — to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things...

geslachtsverkeer (Dutch): sexual intercourse, intercourse

Definitions

  1. sexual intercourse, intercourse

Ancestry of “geslachtsverkeer”, step by step

geslachtsverkeer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch verkeer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverkeertraffic; exchange, intercourse
2Germanverkehrcorrespondence, traffic interaction [[involve
3Germanverkehrento interact in somebody’s sphere, to have...
4Dutchverkerento find oneself; to be found, be located;...
5DutchkerenTo turn around, to turn around an axis; plural of...
6Middle DutchkerenTo turn, to turn over, to turn around; To turn,...
7Old Dutchkēren
8Proto-Germanickarzijanąto turn, sweep
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵers-to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things...

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,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵers-
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