Where does “kakhuis” come from?

kakhuis (Dutch) comes from Dutch huis, from Dutch raad, from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

kakhuis (Dutch): craphouse, privy, outhouse toilet in a separate outbuilding

Definitions

  1. craphouse, privy, outhouse toilet in a separate outbuilding

Ancestry of “kakhuis”, step by step

kakhuis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch huis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhuisA house, home, residence; A genealogical house,...
2DutchraadAn advice, counsel; A council, board, body which...
3Middle Dutchrâet
4Old Dutchrāt
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch kakken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkakkento defecate; to shit; to trot slowly, lustlessly
2Middle Dutchcacken
3Latincacōto defecate, shit, pass excrement

Words derived from “kakhuis

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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