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Where does “moorddroom” come from?

moorddroom (Dutch) comes from Dutch droom, from Middle Dutch drôom, from Old Dutch drōm, from Old High German droum, from Old High German troum, from Proto-West Germanic draum, from Proto-Germanic draumaz, from Proto-Germanic draugmaz — to support; to hold.

moorddroom (Dutch): a dream about murder, usually with the dreamer as...

Definitions

  1. a dream about murder, usually with the dreamer as...

Ancestry of “moorddroom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdroomdream
2Middle Dutchdrôom—
3Old Dutchdrōm—
4Old High Germandroum—
5Old High Germantroum—
6Proto-West Germanicdraumdream
7Proto-Germanicdraumazdream
8Proto-Germanicdraugmaz—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrowgʰ-mos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
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