Where does “herdopen” come from?
herdopen (Dutch) comes from Dutch her, from Middle Dutch hier, from Old Dutch hier, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
herdopen (Dutch): to rebaptise; to rename
Definitions
- to rebaptise; to rename
Ancestry of “herdopen”, step by step
herdopen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch her
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | her | here |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hier | here, in this place; to here, hither; now, at... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hier | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch dopen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dopen | to dip, to immerse; to baptize, to christen; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dôpen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dōpen | to dip, to immerse |
| 4 | Frankish | daupijan | to dip, to immerse |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | daupijaną | to dip in a liquid, to immerse |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewb- | deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom |