Where does “lijsttrekkersdebat” come from?
lijsttrekkersdebat (Dutch) comes from Dutch lijsttrekker, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
lijsttrekkersdebat (Dutch): (A) debate between top candidates of a political party on a party list ("lijsttrekkers")
Definitions
- (A) debate between top candidates of a political party on a party list ("lijsttrekkers")
Ancestry of “lijsttrekkersdebat”, step by step
lijsttrekkersdebat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch lijsttrekker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lijsttrekker | The top candidate of a political party on a party... |
| 2 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch debat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | debat | debate; argument or discussion, usually in an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | debat | — |
| 3 | Old French | debatre | to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to... |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |