Where does “liedjesschrijver” come from?

liedjesschrijver (Dutch) comes from Dutch schrijver, from Middle Dutch schriver.

liedjesschrijver (Dutch): songwriter

Definitions

  1. songwriter

Ancestry of “liedjesschrijver”, step by step

liedjesschrijver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch schrijver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschrijverwriter, author; scribe, clerk
2Middle Dutchschriver—

via Dutch liedjes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchliedjes—
Every word from Middle Dutch schriver →Every word from Dutch schrijver →