Where does “natuurwet” come from?
natuurwet (Dutch) comes from Dutch natuur, from Middle Dutch nature, from Old French nature, from Latin nātūra, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
natuurwet (Dutch): natural law; law of nature, physical law;...
Definitions
- natural law; law of nature, physical law;...
Ancestry of “natuurwet”, step by step
natuurwet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch natuur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | natuur | nature; character |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | nature | nature, force of nature; laws of nature, natural... |
| 3 | Old French | nature | nature |
| 4 | Latin | nātūra | the nature, quality, substance or essence of a thing |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Dutch wet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wet | law |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wet | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | witat | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | witōþą | law; what is known or observed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | witōdaz | past participle of *witōną |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witōną | to know; to destine |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witaną | to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |