Where does “maaiveldcultuur” come from?
maaiveldcultuur (Dutch) comes from Dutch cultuur, from Middle French culture, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
maaiveldcultuur (Dutch): tall poppy syndrome
Definitions
- tall poppy syndrome
Ancestry of “maaiveldcultuur”, step by step
maaiveldcultuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch cultuur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cultuur | culture |
| 2 | Middle French | culture | cultivation; culture |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 4 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 5 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 7 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Dutch maaiveld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | maaiveld | the average or mean height of a piece of land |
| 2 | Dutch | veld | A field, open country; An agricultural field; A... |
| 3 | Dutch | fles | bottle |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | flassche | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | flaska | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | flaskā | bottle, flask |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | flaskǭ | a plaiting-covered vessel; bottle, flask |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |