Where does “roeptoeter” come from?
roeptoeter (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.
roeptoeter (Dutch): loudhailer, blowhorn, megaphone; mouthpiece,...
Definitions
- loudhailer, blowhorn, megaphone; mouthpiece,...
Ancestry of “roeptoeter”, step by step
roeptoeter 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 |