Where does “hiernaartoe” come from?
hiernaartoe (Dutch) comes from Dutch hier, 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,...
hiernaartoe (Dutch): to here, hither
Definitions
- to here, hither
Ancestry of “hiernaartoe”, step by step
hiernaartoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch hier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hier | here; this |
| 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 naartoe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | naartoe | — |
| 2 | Dutch | naar | to, towards in time, space, consequence, purpose... |
| 3 | German | narr | fool a person being stupid or oblivious to facts |
| 4 | Middle High German | narre | — |
| 5 | Old High German | narro | clown; fool |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | nario | mocking, deriding, jeering at |
| 7 | Latin | naris | A nostril, nose; An opening, orifice, vent,... |
| 8 | Latin | nasus | nose; sense of smell; spout, nozzle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s- | nose, nostril |