Where does “meetellen” come from?
meetellen (Dutch) comes from Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol-, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
meetellen (Dutch): to count in to include
Definitions
- to count in to include
Ancestry of “meetellen”, step by step
meetellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tellen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tellen | to count, to enumerate; to determine the number... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tellen | to count, to calculate; to count as, to consider... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tellen | to tell, to say; to count |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via Dutch mee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mee | adverbial form of met; along, together; able to... |
| 2 | Dutch | mede | co-; With someone or something else; mead |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mede | together, with; in accordance; furthermore, with... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | mithi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together; middle, mid |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | midi | with, by, through; along, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |