Where does “toewijsbaar” come from?
toewijsbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch toewijzen, from Dutch wijzen, from Middle Dutch wisen, from Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
toewijsbaar (Dutch): assignable
Definitions
- assignable
Ancestry of “toewijsbaar”, step by step
toewijsbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch toewijzen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | toewijzen | to assign |
| 2 | Dutch | wijzen | to point; to point out, indicate; to direct to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wisen | to point out, to indicate; to lead; to teach |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wīsen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |