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Where does “houdbaar” come from?

houdbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch bāra, from Proto-Albanian bārā, from Proto-Germanic bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰos- — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.

houdbaar (Dutch): preservable; tenable

Definitions

  1. preservable; tenable

Ancestry of “houdbaar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbaarA bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to...
2Middle Dutchbâre—
3Old Dutchbāra—
4Proto-Albanianbārā—
5Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

Words derived from “houdbaar”

  • onhoudbaar
  • houdbaarheid
  • houdbaarheidsdatum
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