Where does “rivierkreeft” come from?

rivierkreeft (Dutch) comes from Dutch rivier, from Middle Dutch riviere, from Old French riviere, from Latin rīpāria, from Latin rīpārius, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Italic reipā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁réyp-eh₂.

rivierkreeft (Dutch): crayfish, a freshwater crustacean resembling a...

Definitions

  1. crayfish, a freshwater crustacean resembling a...

Ancestry of “rivierkreeft”, step by step

rivierkreeft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch rivier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrivierriver
2Middle Dutchriviereriver; riverside used for hunting birds
3Old Frenchriviereriver
4Latinrīpārialittoral, riverbank
5Latinrīpāriusthat inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian
6Latinrīpabank (of a river)
7Proto-Italicreipāriver bank
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁réyp-eh₂—

via Dutch Kreeft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchKreeftCancer
2Middle Dutchcrevetcrayfish
3Old Dutchkrevit—
4Proto-Germanickrabitazcrustacean
5Proto-Indo-Europeangrebʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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