Where does “neerstorten” come from?

neerstorten (Dutch) comes from Dutch neer, from Dutch neder, from Middle Dutch neder, from Old Dutch nither, from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic niþer, from Proto-Indo-European niter.

neerstorten (Dutch): to crash down

Definitions

  1. to crash down

Ancestry of “neerstorten”, step by step

neerstorten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch neer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchneerdown, downwards
2Dutchnederdown; low-
3Middle Dutchnederdown, downwards; down low; below, beneath
4Old Dutchnitherdown
5Proto-West Germanic*niþerdown, downwards
6Proto-Germanicniþerdown, downwards
7Proto-Indo-Europeanniter—

via Dutch storten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstortento dump, to deposit; to plummet; to deposit into...
2Middle Dutchstertento rush, fall, collapse
3Old Dutchsturten—
4Proto-West Germanicsturtijanto fall down, tumble
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
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