Where does “stortbevalling” come from?
stortbevalling (Dutch) comes from Dutch bevalling, from Dutch bevallen, from Middle Dutch bevallen, from Old Saxon bifallan, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī — on, onto.
stortbevalling (Dutch): precipitate labour; a labour with a short...
Definitions
- precipitate labour; a labour with a short...
Ancestry of “stortbevalling”, step by step
stortbevalling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bevalling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bevalling | labor |
| 2 | Dutch | bevallen | to please, satisfy; to give birth |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bevallen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bifallan | to fall, happen |
| 5 | Old Saxon | bi- | A productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 6 | Old Saxon | bī | by, near, around |
| 7 | Old English | bī- | by, near, around; by- |
| 8 | Old English | bī | lullaby!; near, by; by, near, around |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | bī | by, at; near, around |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |