Where does “taalwetenschap” come from?
taalwetenschap (Dutch) comes from Dutch wetenschap, from Dutch weten, from Middle Dutch wēten, from Old Dutch wītan, from Proto-West Germanic wītan, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
taalwetenschap (Dutch): linguistics
Definitions
- linguistics
Ancestry of “taalwetenschap”, step by step
taalwetenschap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wetenschap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 2 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wēten | to know knowledge |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wītan | to know |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītan | to accuse, to blame |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
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,... |