Where does “strijdbaar” come from?
strijdbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch strijden, from Middle Dutch striden, from Old Dutch strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic strīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European streydʰh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
strijdbaar (Dutch): militant, combative
Ancestry of “strijdbaar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | strijden | to fight |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | striden | to fight, to battle; to counter, to resist |
| 3 | Old Dutch | strīdan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *strīdan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strīdaną | to stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streydʰh₁- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |