Where does “schouwburg” come from?

schouwburg (Dutch) comes from Dutch burg, from Middle Dutch burch, from Middle English birche, from Old English birċe, from Proto-West Germanic birkijā, from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

schouwburg (Dutch): theatre (UK), theater (US)

Definitions

  1. theatre (UK), theater (US)

Ancestry of “schouwburg”, step by step

schouwburg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch burg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchburgAlternative form of burcht, "now rarely used...
2Middle DutchburchAlternative form of borch
3Middle Englishbirchebirch; mastic
4Old Englishbirċe—
5Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
6Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

via Dutch schouwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschouwento see, watch; to inspect formally, as with an...
2Middle Dutchschouwen—
3Old Dutchskouwon—
4Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe
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