Where does “nieuwsbrief” come from?

nieuwsbrief (Dutch) comes from Dutch nieuws, from Dutch nieuw, from Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos, from Proto-Indo-European néwos — new; to nod, assent to.

nieuwsbrief (Dutch): newsletter

Definitions

  1. newsletter

Ancestry of “nieuwsbrief”, step by step

nieuwsbrief traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch nieuws

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnieuwsnews
2Dutchnieuwnew
3Middle Dutchniewenew
4Old Dutchniuwinew
5Proto-West Germanicniwinew
6Proto-Germanic*niwjaz
7Proto-Indo-EuropeannéwyosAlternative form of *néwos; new
8Proto-Indo-Europeannéwosnew
9Proto-Indo-Europeannew-new; to nod, assent to

via Dutch brief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbriefletter
2Middle Dutchbrief
3Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
4Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

Words derived from “nieuwsbrief

Every word from Proto-Indo-European new-
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