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Where does “puinzooi” come from?

puinzooi (Dutch) comes from Dutch zooi, from Dutch zode, from Middle Dutch sôde, from Old Dutch sōtho, from Proto-Germanic sauþô.

puinzooi (Dutch): a mess, a pile of rubbish, a disaster

Definitions

  1. a mess, a pile of rubbish, a disaster

Ancestry of “puinzooi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzooimess, chaos; things, a huge quantity of stuff;...
2Dutchzodeturf
3Middle Dutchsôdesomething boiled
4Old Dutchsōtho—
5Proto-Germanicsauþô—
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