Where does “klimaatvluchteling” come from?

klimaatvluchteling (Dutch) comes from Dutch vluchteling, from Dutch vluchten, from Middle Dutch vluchten, from Middle Dutch vlucht, from Old Dutch fluht, from Proto-West Germanic *fluhtī, from Proto-Germanic *fluhtiją, from Proto-Germanic flehtaną — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

klimaatvluchteling (Dutch): climate refugee refugee fleeing from a zone affected by climate change

Definitions

  1. climate refugee refugee fleeing from a zone affected by climate change

Ancestry of “klimaatvluchteling”, step by step

klimaatvluchteling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vluchteling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvluchtelingrefugee
2Dutchvluchtento flee
3Middle Dutchvluchtento bring to a safe place; to hide, to conceal; to...
4Middle Dutchvluchtflight, escape; flight, act of flying; speed
5Old Dutchfluhtrefuge
6Proto-West Germanic*fluhtīact of flying, flight
7Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją
8Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Dutch klimaat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklimaatclimate
2Middle Dutchclimaet
3Middle Frenchclimat
4Old Frenchclimat
5Latinclimaslope, inclination; A Roman unit of area...
6Ancient Greekκλίμαa slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope...
7Ancient Greekκλίνωto bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-Every word from Proto-Germanic flehtaną
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