Where does “rivierbekken” come from?
rivierbekken (Dutch) comes from Dutch bekken, from Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Latin beccus, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
rivierbekken (Dutch): catchment basin of a river
Definitions
- catchment basin of a river
Ancestry of “rivierbekken”, step by step
rivierbekken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bekken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bekken | basin, broad-shaped liquid container; basin,... |
| 2 | Dutch | bek | a bird's beak; any animal's mouth; a human mouth |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bec | — |
| 4 | Old French | bec | beak, bill |
| 5 | Latin | beccus | beak, bill |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Dutch rivier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rivier | river |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | riviere | river; riverside used for hunting birds |
| 3 | Old French | riviere | river |
| 4 | Latin | rīpāria | littoral, riverbank |
| 5 | Latin | rīpārius | that inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian |
| 6 | Latin | rīpa | bank (of a river) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | reipā | river bank |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁réyp-eh₂ | — |