Where does “klanknabootsing” come from?

klanknabootsing (Dutch) comes from Dutch nabootsing, from Dutch nabootsen, from Dutch na, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.

klanknabootsing (Dutch): A sound-imitation; An onomatopoeia; a word which...

Definitions

  1. A sound-imitation; An onomatopoeia; a word which...

Ancestry of “klanknabootsing”, step by step

klanknabootsing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch nabootsing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnabootsingimitation
2Dutchnabootsento imitate, to mimic
3Dutchnaafter; bar, except; close
4Dutchtrekkento pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength...
5Middle Dutchtreckento pull or draw to oneself; to go to another...
6Old Dutchtrecken
7Proto-West Germanic*trakkjanto drag
8Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
12Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch klank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchklankA sound
2Middle Dutchclanc
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