Where does “kernonderzeeboot” come from?
kernonderzeeboot (Dutch) comes from Dutch onderzeeboot, from German Unterseeboot, from German boot, from Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz — bee.
kernonderzeeboot (Dutch): nuclear submarine
Definitions
- nuclear submarine
Ancestry of “kernonderzeeboot”, step by step
kernonderzeeboot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch onderzeeboot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | onderzeeboot | submarine; submarine that can remain submerged... |
| 2 | German | Unterseeboot | submarine |
| 3 | German | boot | boat |
| 4 | Middle Low German | bōt | — |
| 5 | Middle English | bot | A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for... |
| 6 | Old English | bāt | that which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bait | boat, ship |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | baitaz | boat, ship |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |