Where does “huwelijkscadeau” come from?
huwelijkscadeau (Dutch) comes from Dutch cadeau, from French cadeau, from Old Occitan capdel, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
huwelijkscadeau (Dutch): wedding gift
Definitions
- wedding gift
Ancestry of “huwelijkscadeau”, step by step
huwelijkscadeau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cadeau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cadeau | present; gift |
| 2 | French | cadeau | present, gift |
| 3 | Old Occitan | capdel | ornament |
| 4 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Dutch huwelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | huwelijk | marriage |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | huwelic | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | leec | singing; playing, game |
| 4 | Latin | lāicus | lay (of the laity) |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λαϊκός | of the people; popular |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λᾱός | people; men; the people |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | lāwós | people, crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂wos | people |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₂- | to bark, howl; to be concealed |