Where does “huis-aan-huiskrant” come from?
huis-aan-huiskrant (Dutch) comes from Dutch krant, from Dutch courant, from French courant, from Old French corant, from Old French corre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
huis-aan-huiskrant (Dutch): door-to-door newspaper
Definitions
- door-to-door newspaper
Ancestry of “huis-aan-huiskrant”, step by step
huis-aan-huiskrant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch krant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krant | newspaper |
| 2 | Dutch | courant | current, prevalent, standard; currency; Archaic... |
| 3 | French | courant | present participle of courir; current; current,... |
| 4 | Old French | corant | present participle of corre; running; in the... |
| 5 | Old French | corre | to run; to gallop; to travel in general |
| 6 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Dutch huis-aan-huis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | huis-aan-huis | door to door |