Where does “kijkcijferkanon” come from?
kijkcijferkanon (Dutch) comes from Dutch kanon, from Middle French canon, from Middle French cane, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
kijkcijferkanon (Dutch): programme that attracts a lot of viewers
Definitions
- programme that attracts a lot of viewers
Ancestry of “kijkcijferkanon”, step by step
kijkcijferkanon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kanon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kanon | cannon |
| 2 | Middle French | canon | — |
| 3 | Middle French | cane | duck, female duck; duck, female duck; literally... |
| 4 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 5 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |
via Dutch kijkcijfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kijkcijfer | viewer rating and number |
| 2 | Dutch | cijfer | digit; statistic; a grade given for an assignment... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cifer | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 5 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |