Where does “nulde” come from?
nulde (Dutch) comes from Dutch de, from Middle Dutch die, from Old Dutch thie, from Old Dutch thē, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
nulde (Dutch): zeroth
Definitions
- zeroth
Ancestry of “nulde”, step by step
nulde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | de | the |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | die | the; definite article; that, those; who, which,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | thie | that, that one; that |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thē | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Dutch nul
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | nul | zero, nought; A zero, naught, the numerical... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | nul | — |
| 3 | Middle French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 4 | Old French | nul | nobody; no one; none |
| 5 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |