Where does “taalleemte” come from?
taalleemte (Dutch) comes from Dutch leemte, from Dutch lam, from Middle Dutch lam, from Old Dutch lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic lamaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.
taalleemte (Dutch): the absence of a specific word in a language; a...
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Ancestry of “taalleemte”, step by step
taalleemte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch leemte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | leemte | hole, gap, omission, void |
| 2 | Dutch | lam | lamb, the young of a sheep; The meat - or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lam | lamb; lame; weak, strengthless |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lam | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lam | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lamaz | lame; withered, defective |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃lemH- | broken; weak, broken, soft |
via Dutch taal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taal | language |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tāle | spoken or written words, that which someone says |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tala | number }} |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *talu | narration, report |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |