Where does “schermen” come from?
schermen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schermen, from Old Dutch skirmen, from Proto-West Germanic skirmijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
schermen (Dutch): to fence; to protect, to shield
Definitions
- to fence; to protect, to shield
Ancestry of “schermen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | schermen | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | skirmen | to protect |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skirmijan | to protect, defend |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “schermen”