Where does “toereiken” come from?
toereiken (Dutch) comes from Dutch reiken, from Middle Dutch reiken, from Old Dutch reiken, from Proto-West Germanic raikijan, from Proto-Germanic raikijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- — to stretch out, reach.
toereiken (Dutch): to give, hand over; to suffice
Definitions
- to give, hand over; to suffice
Ancestry of “toereiken”, step by step
toereiken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch reiken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | reiken | to reach, to extend out, to stretch |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | reiken | to stretch; to reach, to stretch the arm; to hand |
| 3 | Old Dutch | reiken | to reach |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | raikijan | to reach |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raikijaną | To stretch out; reach |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *Hreyǵ- | to stretch out, reach |