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Where does “strijder” come from?

strijder (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.

strijder (Dutch): fighter

Definitions

  1. fighter

Ancestry of “strijder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrijdento fight
2Middle Dutchstridento fight, to battle; to counter, to resist
3Old Dutchstrīdan—
4Proto-West Germanic*strīdan—
5Proto-Germanicstrīdanąto stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstreydʰh₁-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “strijder”

  • oud-strijder
  • vrijheidsstrijder
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