Where does “suikerplantage” come from?
suikerplantage (Dutch) comes from Dutch suiker, from English Sugar, from German zucker, from German zücken, from Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zucken, from Proto-Germanic tukkijaną, from Proto-Germanic tug- — to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess.
suikerplantage (Dutch): sugar plantation
Definitions
- sugar plantation
Ancestry of “suikerplantage”, step by step
suikerplantage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch suiker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | suiker | sugar |
| 2 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 3 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 9 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 10 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |
via Dutch plantage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | plantage | plantation; A small group of plants and trees; a... |
| 2 | French | plantage | the action of planting; crash |
| 3 | French | planter | to plant; to drive in; to pitch |
| 4 | Old French | planter | — |
| 5 | Latin | plantō | to plant, set |
| 6 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |