Where does “struisvogelpolitiek” come from?

struisvogelpolitiek (Dutch) comes from Dutch politiek, from French politique, from Latin polīticus, from Swedish politisk, from Swedish politik, from Ancient Greek πολιτικός, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

struisvogelpolitiek (Dutch): an evasive style of politics that fails to address problems by either ignoring them or by creating a false sense of security through (known) ineffective measures; ostrich politics

Definitions

  1. an evasive style of politics that fails to address problems by either ignoring them or by creating a false sense of security through (known) ineffective measures; ostrich politics

Ancestry of “struisvogelpolitiek”, step by step

struisvogelpolitiek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch politiek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpolitiekpolitics; political
2Frenchpolitiquepolitical; politics; policy
3Latinpolīticuspolitical, civil, of the state, relating to civil polity
4Swedishpolitiskpolitical, having to do with politics
5Swedishpolitikpolitics
6Ancient Greekπολιτικόςcivic, constitutional, public; social
7Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
8Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
9Proto-Hellenic-tāts
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
12Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Dutch struisvogel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstruisvogelan ostrich, flightless bird of the genus Struthio
2Dutchvogelbird, any member of the class Aves; gaai, a...
3Middle Dutchvōgelbird
4Old Dutchfogalbird
5Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
6Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
7Proto-Germanicfluglaz
8Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Ancient Greek -τηςEvery word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της