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Where does “samendrukken” come from?

samendrukken (Dutch) comes from Dutch drukken, from Middle Dutch drucken, from Old Dutch thrukken, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

samendrukken (Dutch): To compress, press together

Definitions

  1. To compress, press together

Ancestry of “samendrukken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdrukkento press; to print
2Middle Dutchdruckento press
3Old Dutchthrukken—
4Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
5Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
8Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
9Proto-Italictermenos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end
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