Where does “toetsenbord” come from?
toetsenbord (Dutch) comes from Dutch toets, from French touché, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
toetsenbord (Dutch): A keyboard; A typewriter's keyboard
Definitions
- A keyboard; A typewriter's keyboard
Ancestry of “toetsenbord”, step by step
toetsenbord traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch toets
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | toets | button, key; fingerboard; test, examination |
| 2 | French | touché | past participle of toucher |
| 3 | French | toucher | The act of touching; A way of touching; The sense... |
| 4 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English keyboard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keyboard | A set of keys used to operate a typewriter,... |
| 2 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 3 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 4 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 5 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 6 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 7 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 8 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |