Where does “stemwijzer” come from?
stemwijzer (Dutch) comes from Dutch wijzer, from Dutch wijzen, from Middle Dutch wisen, from Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
stemwijzer (Dutch): voting application
Definitions
- voting application
Ancestry of “stemwijzer”, step by step
stemwijzer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wijzer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wijzer | One who points, directs, indicates; An arm or... |
| 2 | Dutch | wijzen | to point; to point out, indicate; to direct to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wisen | to point out, to indicate; to lead; to teach |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wīsen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |