Where does “nabuurlijk” come from?
nabuurlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch nabuur, from Middle Dutch nabuer, from Dutch na, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trecken, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną — he, she.
nabuurlijk (Dutch): neighbourly
Definitions
- neighbourly
Ancestry of “nabuurlijk”, step by step
nabuurlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch nabuur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | nabuur | neighbour; neighbouring country, state; The ruler... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | nabuer | — |
| 3 | Dutch | na | after; bar, except; close |
| 4 | Dutch | trekken | to pull, to draw; to manage, to have the strength... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | trecken | to pull or draw to oneself; to go to another... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | trecken | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *trakkjan | to drag |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | trakjaną | to drag |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |