Where does “grootheidswaanzin” come from?
grootheidswaanzin (Dutch) comes from Dutch waanzin, from German Wahnsinn, from German wahnsinnig, from German wahnwitzig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār — year.
grootheidswaanzin (Dutch): megalomania
Definitions
- megalomania
Ancestry of “grootheidswaanzin”, step by step
grootheidswaanzin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch waanzin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waanzin | delusion; insanity, lunacy |
| 2 | German | Wahnsinn | insanity, madness; awesome!, man!, wicked! |
| 3 | German | wahnsinnig | mad, insane; incredible, unbelievable;... |
| 4 | German | wahnwitzig | absurd; insane |
| 5 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 6 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 7 | German | Jahr | year |
| 8 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via Dutch grootheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | grootheid | greatness; quantity |
| 2 | Dutch | groot | big, large, great; great, important, eminent,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | grôot | big, large |
| 4 | Old Dutch | grōt | big, large |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |