Where does “krijten” come from?
krijten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch criten, from Old Dutch crītan, from Volapük kritan, from Volapük -än, from Volapük län, from German land, from Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant — land, heath; loins.
krijten (Dutch): to cry aloud, shriek; to cry, weep; to draw or...
Definitions
- to cry aloud, shriek; to cry, weep; to draw or...
Ancestry of “krijten”, step by step
krijten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch criten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | criten | to scream, to cry |
| 2 | Old Dutch | crītan | to shout |
| 3 | Volapük | kritan | Christian |
| 4 | Volapük | -än | used as the suffix for a country, land (in its multiple senses), notional land |
| 5 | Volapük | län | country |
| 6 | German | land | country territory of a nation |
| 7 | Middle High German | lant | land; country |
| 8 | Old High German | lant | land; country |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Dutch krijt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | krijt | chalk; a piece of chalk; battlefield, arena |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | crijt | — |
| 3 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |