Where does “scherpen” come from?
scherpen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch scherpen, from Old Dutch skerpen, from Proto-West Germanic skarpijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
scherpen (Dutch): to sharpen
Definitions
- to sharpen
Ancestry of “scherpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | scherpen | to sharpen, to make/become sharp |
| 2 | Old Dutch | skerpen | to sharpen |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | skarpijan | to sharpen |
| 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 |