Where does “kreupelhout” come from?
kreupelhout (Dutch) comes from Dutch hout, from Middle Dutch hout, from Old Dutch holt, from Proto-West Germanic holt, from Proto-Germanic hultą, from Proto-Indo-European kald-, from Proto-Indo-European kola-.
kreupelhout (Dutch): undergrowth, brushwood
Definitions
- undergrowth, brushwood
Ancestry of “kreupelhout”, step by step
kreupelhout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch hout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hout | wood; particular kind of wood; piece of wood,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hout | wood; piece of wood; branch, stick, beam; tree |
| 3 | Old Dutch | holt | wood; tree; a wood, a forest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | holt | woods, forest; wood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hultą | wood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kald- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kola- | — |
via Dutch kreupel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kreupel | crippled; lame |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cruepel | lacking, missing |
| 3 | Old Dutch | krupil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | krupilaz | tending to, or prone to crawl; creeping;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |