Where does “tennisbaan” come from?
tennisbaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch baan, from Middle Dutch bāne, from Old Dutch bana, from Proto-West Germanic *banu, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.
tennisbaan (Dutch): tennis court
Definitions
- tennis court
Ancestry of “tennisbaan”, step by step
tennisbaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch baan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baan | a road, way, path; a track, lane; a job,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bāne | open field, battlefield |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bana | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *banu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banō | a battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | banô | murderer |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-on- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
via Dutch tennis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tennis | tennis sport |
| 2 | English | tennis | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets |
| 3 | Old French | tenez | second-person plural present indicative of tenir;... |
| 4 | Old French | tenir | to possess; to have; to hold |
| 5 | Latin | teneō | to hold, have; to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tenēō | to hold |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |