Where does “koppelbaas” come from?
koppelbaas (Dutch) comes from Dutch koppelen, from Latin cōpula, from Latin coapula, from Latin apio, from Latin apium, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ — the god Apis.
koppelbaas (Dutch): contractor who acts as a middle man between...
Definitions
- contractor who acts as a middle man between...
Ancestry of “koppelbaas”, step by step
koppelbaas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch koppelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koppelen | to couple; to clutch, to apply the clutch; to... |
| 2 | Latin | cōpula | a bond, tie, band or other connecting item |
| 3 | Latin | coapula | — |
| 4 | Latin | apio | dative singular of apium; ablative singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 6 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 8 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 9 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |
via Dutch baas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baas | boss, chief, superior; employer, manager; strong... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | baes | master of a household, friend |
| 3 | Old Dutch | baso | uncle, kinsman |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *baswō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | baswô | uncle; kinsman |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | baswǭ | father's sister, aunt, cousin; father's sister;... |