Where does “leesbaar” come from?

leesbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch bāra, from Proto-Albanian bārā, from Proto-Germanic bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰos- — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.

leesbaar (Dutch): readable, legible

Definitions

  1. readable, legible

Ancestry of “leesbaar”, step by step

leesbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch baar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbaarA bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to...
2Middle Dutchbârebier, stretcher
3Old Dutchbāra
4Proto-Albanianbārā
5Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

via Dutch lezen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlezento read; to gather
2Middle Dutchlēsento collect, gather, read
3Old Dutchlesanto gather, to collect; to read
4Proto-West Germanic*lesan
5Proto-Germaniclesanąto gather, collect
6Proto-Indo-Europeanles-to gather, to collect

Words derived from “leesbaar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰos-
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