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Where does “oorlogsverf” come from?

oorlogsverf (Dutch) comes from Dutch verf, from Dutch verven, from Middle Dutch varwen, from Middle Dutch varwe, from Old Dutch farwa, from Proto-Germanic *faru, from Proto-Germanic farwō, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- — passed , crossed.

oorlogsverf (Dutch): war paint

Definitions

  1. war paint

Ancestry of “oorlogsverf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverfpaint
2Dutchvervento paint
3Middle Dutchvarwento colour, to dye; to paint
4Middle Dutchvarwecolour; paint, dye
5Old Dutchfarwa—
6Proto-Germanic*faru—
7Proto-Germanicfarwōcolour
8Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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