Where does “overaftelbaar” come from?
overaftelbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch aftelbaar, from Dutch aftellen, from Dutch tellen, from Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
overaftelbaar (Dutch): uncountable
Definitions
- uncountable
Ancestry of “overaftelbaar”, step by step
overaftelbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch aftelbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | aftelbaar | countable |
| 2 | Dutch | aftellen | to count down |
| 3 | Dutch | tellen | to count, to enumerate; to determine the number... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | tellen | to count, to calculate; to count as, to consider... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | tellen | to tell, to say; to count |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |