Where does “ruimtesonde” come from?
ruimtesonde (Dutch) comes from Dutch sonde, from French sonde, from Middle French sonde, from Old French sonde, from Old English sund, from Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic sundą, from Proto-Germanic swimmaną — to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim.
ruimtesonde (Dutch): space probe
Definitions
- space probe
Ancestry of “ruimtesonde”, step by step
ruimtesonde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sonde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sonde | probe; feeding tube |
| 2 | French | sonde | probe; sound; Any of various devices for testing... |
| 3 | Middle French | sonde | sounding line |
| 4 | Old French | sonde | sounding line |
| 5 | Old English | sund | swimming; sea, water |
| 6 | Old Norse | sund | swimming; strait, sound; swimming, sound |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sundą | swimming; sound, strait |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | swimmaną | to be unsteady; to swim; float |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swem(bʰ)- | to bend, turn, swing; to be unsteady, move, swim |