Where does “schelmenliteratuur” come from?
schelmenliteratuur (Dutch) comes from Dutch literatuur, from French littérature, from Latin litterātūra, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
schelmenliteratuur (Dutch): trickster literature
Definitions
- trickster literature
Ancestry of “schelmenliteratuur”, step by step
schelmenliteratuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch literatuur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | literatuur | literature |
| 2 | French | littérature | literature |
| 3 | Latin | litterātūra | lettering; alphabet |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |