Where does “naspelen” come from?
naspelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch na, 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.
naspelen (Dutch): to imitate
Definitions
- to imitate
Ancestry of “naspelen”, step by step
naspelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch na
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | na | after; bar, except; close |
| 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 spelen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spelen | to play |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | spēlen | to play, to have fun |
| 3 | Old Dutch | spilon | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ | — |