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Where does “kibbelkabinet” come from?

kibbelkabinet (Dutch) comes from Dutch kibbelen, from Dutch kijven, from Middle Dutch kiven, from Old Dutch kīvan, from Proto-West Germanic kīban, from Proto-Germanic kībaną, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

kibbelkabinet (Dutch): a government that is in-fighting on a regular...

Definitions

  1. a government that is in-fighting on a regular...

Ancestry of “kibbelkabinet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkibbelento quibble
2Dutchkijvento altercate, to dispute, to wrangle; to scold,...
3Middle Dutchkiven—
4Old Dutchkīvan—
5Proto-West Germanickībanto quarrel
6Proto-Germanickībanąto quarrel
7Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew
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