Where does “nijverheid” come from?
nijverheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch nijver, from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
nijverheid (Dutch): industry
Ancestry of “nijverheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | nijver | industrious, hardworking |
| 2 | Dutch | in | in, inside; into; in; expressing containment |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | in | in, inside, within; into; within |
| 4 | Old Dutch | in | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
Words derived from “nijverheid”