Where does “hoeksnelheid” come from?
hoeksnelheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch hoek, from Middle Dutch hoec, from Middle Dutch huoc, from Proto-West Germanic hōk, from Proto-Germanic hōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European kog-.
hoeksnelheid (Dutch): angular velocity
Ancestry of “hoeksnelheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hoek | corner; angle |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hoec | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | huoc | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hōk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hōkaz | hook |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kog- | — |