Where does “kunstschilder” come from?

kunstschilder (Dutch) comes from Dutch Schilder, from Dutch Schild, from Middle Dutch schilt, from Old Dutch skilt, from Proto-West Germanic skeldu, from Proto-Germanic skelduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keit-.

kunstschilder (Dutch): painter (of pictures), artist

Definitions

  1. painter (of pictures), artist

Ancestry of “kunstschilder”, step by step

kunstschilder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Schilder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchSchilderPictor
2DutchSchildScutum
3Middle Dutchschiltshield; shield bearing one's coat of arms
4Old Dutchskiltshield
5Proto-West Germanicskeldushield
6Proto-Germanicskelduzshield
7Proto-Indo-European(s)keit-—

via Dutch kunst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkunstart; prowess, ability; trick
2Middle Dutchcunst—
3Old Dutchkunstknowledge, know-how, skill
4Proto-Germanickunstizknowledge, ability
5Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
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