Where does “gitaarspelen” come from?
gitaarspelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch spelen, from Middle Dutch spēlen, from Old Dutch spilon, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
gitaarspelen (Dutch): to play guitar
Definitions
- to play guitar
Ancestry of “gitaarspelen”, step by step
gitaarspelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch spelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spelen | to play |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spēlen | to play, to have fun |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch gitaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gitaar | guitar |
| 2 | French | guitare | guitar |
| 3 | Romanian | guița | to squeal |
| 4 | Romanian | -ă | Forms certain female equivalent nouns |
| 5 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |