Where does “telefoongids” come from?
telefoongids (Dutch) comes from Afrikaans telefoon, from Dutch telefoon, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
telefoongids (Dutch): telephone directory
Definitions
- telephone directory
Ancestry of “telefoongids”, step by step
telefoongids traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans telefoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | telefoon | telephone |
| 2 | Dutch | telefoon | telephone |
| 3 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Dutch gids
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gids | guide |
| 2 | Romani | gaʒo | gadje man |
| 3 | Sanskrit | गार्ह्य | domestic |
| 4 | Sanskrit | गृह | a house, habitation, home; assistant, servant;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | gʰr̥dʰás | enclosure; house |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰr̥dʰós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |
via Afrikaans gids
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | gids | — |