Where does “polshorloge” come from?
polshorloge (Dutch) comes from Dutch horloge, from Middle Dutch orlogie, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον, from Ancient Greek ὥρα, from Proto-Hellenic *worā, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
polshorloge (Dutch): wristwatch
Definitions
- wristwatch
Ancestry of “polshorloge”, step by step
polshorloge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch horloge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | horloge | watch |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | orlogie | — |
| 3 | Old French | orloge | — |
| 4 | Latin | hōrologium | device used to measure the time of day, particularly |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὡρολόγιον | mechanism for telling the time, clock |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὥρα | any defined period of time; season; climate |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *worā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Dutch pols
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pols | A wrist; Short for polsslag: pulse |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pols | — |
| 3 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 4 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |