Where does “rederijkerskamer” come from?
rederijkerskamer (Dutch) comes from Dutch kamer, from Middle Dutch cāmere, from Old Dutch kamara, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
rederijkerskamer (Dutch): chamber of rhetoric, a late-mediaeval or early-modern literary guild preoccupied with the study, production and performance of drama, rhetoric and literature
Definitions
- chamber of rhetoric, a late-mediaeval or early-modern literary guild preoccupied with the study, production and performance of drama, rhetoric and literature
Ancestry of “rederijkerskamer”, step by step
rederijkerskamer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kamer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kamer | A room, physical chamber in a building; A... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cāmere | room, barn, house |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kamara | — |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Dutch rederijker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rederijker | rhetorician, literatus, especially an amateur involved in theatre; a member of the literary guilds that existed in the Low Countries in the late mediaeval and early modern periods |