Where does “rupsvoertuig” come from?
rupsvoertuig (Dutch) comes from Dutch voertuig, from Dutch voeren, from Dutch voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
rupsvoertuig (Dutch): any vehicle with caterpillar tracks
Definitions
- any vehicle with caterpillar tracks
Ancestry of “rupsvoertuig”, step by step
rupsvoertuig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch voertuig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | voertuig | vehicle |
| 2 | Dutch | voeren | to guide, lead; to wage; to line |
| 3 | Dutch | voederen | Alternative form of voeren |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | voederen | to feed; to line, to cover the inner surface of |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |