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Where does “jobstijding” come from?

jobstijding (Dutch) comes from Dutch Job, from English Job, from Latin Iob, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous, from Proto-Indo-European dyḗws, from Proto-Indo-European dyéws — to be bright; sky, heaven.

jobstijding (Dutch): bad news

Definitions

  1. bad news

Ancestry of “jobstijding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchJobJob
2EnglishJobA person who shows remarkable patience
3LatinIob—
4Latiniuppiter—
5Proto-Italicdjous patērJupiter
6Proto-Italic*djous—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
8Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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