Where does “schaamsoort” come from?
schaamsoort (Dutch) comes from Dutch schamen, from Middle Dutch schāmen, from Old Dutch scamon, from Proto-West Germanic skamēn, from Proto-Germanic skamāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti — he, she.
schaamsoort (Dutch): a species of bird a birdwatcher is ashamed to not yet have spotted, generally due to it being relatively common
Definitions
- a species of bird a birdwatcher is ashamed to not yet have spotted, generally due to it being relatively common
Ancestry of “schaamsoort”, step by step
schaamsoort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch schamen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schamen | to be ashamed |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schāmen | to be ashamed |
| 3 | Old Dutch | scamon | to be ashamed |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skamēn | to be ashamed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skamāną | to be ashamed |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |