Where does “sleepwet” come from?
sleepwet (Dutch) comes from Dutch sleepnet, from Dutch Net, from Middle Dutch net, from Old French net, from Vulgar Latin nittus, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo.
sleepwet (Dutch): Nickname of the [https://www.eerstekamer.nl/wetsvoorstel/34588_wet_op_de_inlichtingen_en Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017], a revision of the [http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0013409/2017-03-01 Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2002]
Definitions
- Nickname of the [https://www.eerstekamer.nl/wetsvoorstel/34588_wet_op_de_inlichtingen_en Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2017], a revision of the [http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0013409/2017-03-01 Wet op de inlichtingen- en veiligheidsdiensten 2002]
Ancestry of “sleepwet”, step by step
sleepwet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch sleepnet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | sleepnet | trawl, dragnet |
| 2 | Dutch | Net | Reticulum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | net | neat, decent, pretty |
| 4 | Old French | net | neat, decent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nittus | — |
| 6 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 7 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 10 | Cebuano | -hi | — |
via Dutch wet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wet | law |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wet | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | witat | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | witōþą | law; what is known or observed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | witōdaz | past participle of *witōną |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witōną | to know; to destine |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witaną | to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |