Where does “strafblad” come from?

strafblad (Dutch) comes from Dutch blad, from Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.

strafblad (Dutch): a criminal record

Definitions

  1. a criminal record

Ancestry of “strafblad”, step by step

strafblad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch blad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbladleaf; sheet of paper, leaf; page
2Middle Dutchblatleaf; page; panel
3Old Dutchblāt
4Proto-West Germanicbladleaf; sheet; blade
5Proto-Germanicbladąleaf; sheet; blade
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰlh̥₃oto
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via Dutch straf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrafpunishment, penalty, sanction; heavy, hefty;...
2Dutchstraffe
3Dutchstraffento punish; to sentence; plural of straf
4Middle Dutchstraffento scold, to reprimand; to refute; to punish
5Middle High Germanstrāfen
6Proto-Germanicstrēpōną
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ter(h₁)-to be stiff; be rigid; exert
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-
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