Where does “sterken” come from?
sterken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch sterken, from Old Dutch sterken, from Proto-West Germanic starkijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sterken (Dutch): to fortify; to encourage, to give strength to
Definitions
- to fortify; to encourage, to give strength to
Ancestry of “sterken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | sterken | to strengthen, to make/become stronger |
| 2 | Old Dutch | sterken | to strengthen, to make/become stronger |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | starkijan | to strength |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 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 |