Where does “stiknerveus” come from?

stiknerveus (Dutch) comes from Dutch nerveus, from French nerveux, from Middle French nerfveux, from Old French nerveus, from Latin nervosus, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

stiknerveus (Dutch): very nervous

Definitions

  1. very nervous

Ancestry of “stiknerveus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnerveusnervous, anxious, jumpy
2Frenchnerveuxnervous
3Middle Frenchnerfveuxsinew; tendon
4Old Frenchnerveussinew; tendon
5Latinnervosussinewy; nervous; vigorous, energetic
6LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)new-—
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