Where does “negerzoen” come from?
negerzoen (Dutch) comes from German Negerkuss, from German neger, from German Näher, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
negerzoen (Dutch): chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat
Definitions
- chocolate-coated cream or marshmallow treat
Ancestry of “negerzoen”, step by step
negerzoen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Negerkuss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Negerkuss | chocolate teacake type of dessert |
| 2 | German | neger | broke, bankrupt |
| 3 | German | Näher | sewer |
| 4 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 5 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 8 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via Dutch neger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | neger | a black person, a Negro |
| 2 | Dutch | negro | black person |
| 3 | French | nègre | negro; ghostwriter; friend, buddy |
| 4 | Spanish | negro | black; a black person; ghost writer |
| 5 | Latin | nigrum | masculine accusative singular of niger; neuter... |
| 6 | Latin | niger | wan, shining black; bad; evil; ill-omened |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nókʷts | night |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | negʷ- | bare, naked |