Where does “spookwoord” come from?

spookwoord (Dutch) comes from Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

spookwoord (Dutch): ghost word

Definitions

  1. ghost word

Ancestry of “spookwoord”, step by step

spookwoord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch woord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwoordword
2Middle Dutchwortword; diction, what someone says or writes;...
3Old Dutchwortword
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Dutch spook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspookphantom, ghost; horror, terror; an annoying and...
2Middle Dutchspoocapparition, ghost; spook, ghost
3Middle Dutchspoke—
4Proto-Germanicspōkspook, ghost, apparition; witchcraft, wizardry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →