Where does “ontschampen” come from?
ontschampen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schampen, from Old French escamper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
ontschampen (Dutch): to escape, to elude
Definitions
- to escape, to elude
Ancestry of “ontschampen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | schampen | slip away |
| 2 | Old French | escamper | to run away, to make one's escape |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 4 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |