Where does “talentenjacht” come from?
talentenjacht (Dutch) comes from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
talentenjacht (Dutch): talent show
Definitions
- talent show
Ancestry of “talentenjacht”, step by step
talentenjacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch jacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | jacht | hunt, hunting; yacht |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | jacht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | jagot | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | jagōþu | hunt, hunting; chase, pursuit |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōþu | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōþuz | Forms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch talent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | talent | talent gift, quality, capability |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | talent | — |
| 3 | Old French | talent | desire; wish |
| 4 | Latin | talentum | A Grecian weight, which contained sixty minae or... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τάλαντον | balance, scale; anything weighed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tl̥h₂ent- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |