Where does “roeptoeteren” come from?
roeptoeteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch roeptoeter, 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- — army.
roeptoeteren (Dutch): to proclaim loudly
Ancestry of “roeptoeteren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | roeptoeter | loudhailer, blowhorn, megaphone; mouthpiece,... |
| 2 | Dutch | roepen | to cry, shout; to call, summon, invite etc |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | roepen | to call, to shout |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ruopan | to shout; to call |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |