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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstadhouderstadtholder
2Dutchhouderholder, bearer; cradle
3Dutchhoudento keep; to keep, to care for; to hold, to be...
4Middle Dutchhoudento hold; to keep; Alternative spelling of ouden;...
5Old Dutchhaldanto hold, to keep
6Proto-West Germanichaldanto hold; to keep
7Proto-Germanichaldanąto hold, to keep
8Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via Dutch loos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchloosblank, empty; idle; amiss, wrong, problematic
2Middle Dutchloos
3Old Dutchlōsdeceitful, malicious, false
4Proto-West Germanic*luhslynx
5Proto-Germanicluhsazlynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-