Where does “stadhouderloos” come from?
stadhouderloos (Dutch) comes from Dutch stadhouder, from Dutch houder, from Dutch houden, from Middle Dutch houden, from Old Dutch haldan, from Proto-West Germanic haldan, from Proto-Germanic haldaną, from Proto-Indo-European kel- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.
stadhouderloos (Dutch): without a stadtholder; chiefly in relation to the periods from 1650 to 1672 and from 1702 to 1747 in the Dutch Republic, when there was no stadtholder as the head of the government and leader of the army
Definitions
- without a stadtholder; chiefly in relation to the periods from 1650 to 1672 and from 1702 to 1747 in the Dutch Republic, when there was no stadtholder as the head of the government and leader of the army
Ancestry of “stadhouderloos”, step by step
stadhouderloos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch stadhouder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stadhouder | stadtholder |
| 2 | Dutch | houder | holder, bearer; cradle |
| 3 | Dutch | houden | to keep; to keep, to care for; to hold, to be... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | houden | to hold; to keep; Alternative spelling of ouden;... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | haldan | to hold, to keep |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | haldan | to hold; to keep |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |