Where does “stempotlood” come from?
stempotlood (Dutch) comes from Dutch stemmen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
stempotlood (Dutch): pencil used for voting; particularly the characteristic red pencil present at voting locations in the Netherlands
Definitions
- pencil used for voting; particularly the characteristic red pencil present at voting locations in the Netherlands
Ancestry of “stempotlood”, step by step
stempotlood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch stemmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | stemmen | to vote; to tune; to bring into a certain mood |
| 2 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch potlood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | potlood | A pencil; Graphite; Graphite powder |
| 2 | Dutch | pot | jar, pot; cooking pot; loo, crapper |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | pot | pot, jar; can, jug |
| 4 | Old Dutch | *pot | a pot |
| 5 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |