Where does “onderzoeker” come from?

onderzoeker (Dutch) comes from Dutch er, from Old Dutch iro.

onderzoeker (Dutch): researcher

Definitions

  1. researcher

Ancestry of “onderzoeker”, step by step

onderzoeker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—

via Dutch onderzoeken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonderzoekento investigate; to research
2Middle Dutchondersoeken—
Every word from Old Dutch iro →Every word from Dutch er →