Where does “schaaldier” come from?
schaaldier (Dutch) comes from Dutch dier, from Middle Dutch dier, from Old Dutch dier, from Proto-West Germanic deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewsóm, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéws, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwes- — to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature.
schaaldier (Dutch): A crustacean, an invertebrate class of animals
Definitions
- A crustacean, an invertebrate class of animals
Ancestry of “schaaldier”, step by step
schaaldier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dier | animal, any member of the kingdom Animalia; her,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dier | animal; inflection of die: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dier | animal |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | deuʀ | animal, beast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |
via Dutch schaal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schaal | shell; shallow bowl; scale |
| 2 | German | skala | scale, gamut (ordered numerical sequence) |
| 3 | Italian | scala | ladder; stair; scale |
| 4 | Byzantine Greek | σκάλα | — |
| 5 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 6 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 7 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |