Where does “kwekerij” come from?

kwekerij (Dutch) comes from Dutch kweker, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

kwekerij (Dutch): a farm where plants are grown, in particular for saplings, flowers and fruits (including culinary vegetables), often without harvesting the entire plant unless it is used as a sapling

Definitions

  1. a farm where plants are grown, in particular for saplings, flowers and fruits (including culinary vegetables), often without harvesting the entire plant unless it is used as a sapling

Ancestry of “kwekerij”, step by step

kwekerij traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kweker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkwekernurseryman, cultivator; breeder
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Dutch IJ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchIJthe IJ
2Proto-Germanicahwōwater; stream, river
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

Words derived from “kwekerij

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from Dutch -er
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