Where does “roepletters” come from?
roepletters (Dutch) comes from Dutch roepen, from Middle Dutch roepen, from Old Dutch ruopan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
roepletters (Dutch): callsign
Definitions
- callsign
Ancestry of “roepletters”, step by step
roepletters traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch roepen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | roepen | to cry, shout; to call, summon, invite etc |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | roepen | to call, to shout |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ruopan | to shout; to call |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Dutch letter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | letter | letter letter of the alphabet |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lettere | letter; literal meaning; Bible |
| 3 | Old French | letre | letter |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |