Where does “personenweegschaal” come from?
personenweegschaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch Weegschaal, from Dutch schaal, from German skala, from Italian scala, from Byzantine Greek σκάλα, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō — to jump up, ascend.
personenweegschaal (Dutch): bathroom scales flat floor-mounted scales used to measure one's own weight
Definitions
- bathroom scales flat floor-mounted scales used to measure one's own weight
Ancestry of “personenweegschaal”, step by step
personenweegschaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Weegschaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Weegschaal | Libra |
| 2 | Dutch | schaal | shell; shallow bowl; scale |
| 3 | German | skala | scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence) |
| 4 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 5 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 6 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 7 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 8 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Dutch Persoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Persoon | person, individual |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | persone | — |
| 3 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |