Where does “parkeerstrook” come from?

parkeerstrook (Dutch) comes from Dutch parkeren, from French parquer, from French parc, from Middle French parc, from Old French parc, from Medieval Latin parcus, from Frankish parrik, from Proto-Germanic parrukaz — fence; enclosure.

parkeerstrook (Dutch): a roadside strip of parking spaces

Definitions

  1. a roadside strip of parking spaces

Ancestry of “parkeerstrook”, step by step

parkeerstrook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch parkeren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchparkerento park, halt and leave a vehicle in a spot; to...
2Frenchparquerto pen, corral; to park
3Frenchparcpark; playpen; pen
4Middle Frenchparcenclosure
5Old Frenchparcenclosed area, often fenced off, often in a...
6Medieval Latinparcusenclosure; sparing, frugal; scanty, slight
7Frankishparrikenclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area
8Proto-Germanicparrukazfence; enclosure

via Dutch strook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrookstrip; stripe
Every word from Proto-Germanic parrukaz
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