Where does “kwetsbaar” come from?
kwetsbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwetsen, from Middle Dutch quetsen, from Old Dutch quezzon, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
kwetsbaar (Dutch): vulnerable
Definitions
- vulnerable
Ancestry of “kwetsbaar”, step by step
kwetsbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kwetsen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kwetsen | to hurt; to wound, to injure; to offend, to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | quetsen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | quezzon | to injure |
| 4 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 5 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 6 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |