Where does “houtkachel” come from?
houtkachel (Dutch) comes from Dutch kachel, from Dutch kacheloven, from German Kachelofen, from German Kachel, from Middle High German kachele, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin cacculus, from Latin caccabus — a pot or a pan.
houtkachel (Dutch): wood-burning stove
Definitions
- wood-burning stove
Ancestry of “houtkachel”, step by step
houtkachel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kachel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kachel | stove; drunk |
| 2 | Dutch | kacheloven | tiled stove |
| 3 | German | Kachelofen | tiled stove, cockle stove |
| 4 | German | Kachel | tile; cooking pot, saucepan; a term of abuse for... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kachele | — |
| 6 | Old High German | chachala | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | cacculus | — |
| 8 | Latin | caccabus | Alternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κάκκαβος | a pot or a pan |
via Dutch hout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hout | wood; particular kind of wood; piece of wood,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hout | wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree |
| 3 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |