Where does “kwakzalverij” come from?
kwakzalverij (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwakzalver, from Dutch kwakzalven, from Dutch zalven, from Middle Dutch salven, from Old Dutch salvon, from Old Saxon salbon, from Proto-Germanic salbōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
kwakzalverij (Dutch): quackery, pseudomedicine
Definitions
- quackery, pseudomedicine
Ancestry of “kwakzalverij”, step by step
kwakzalverij traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kwakzalver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwakzalver | A quacksalver, fake healer; A swindler, cheater,... |
| 2 | Dutch | kwakzalven | — |
| 3 | Dutch | zalven | to anoint |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | salven | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | salvon | to anoint |
| 6 | Old Saxon | salbon | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | salbōną | to salve, to anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |