Where does “tuinderij” come from?
tuinderij (Dutch) comes from Dutch tuinder, from Dutch tuinen, from Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
tuinderij (Dutch): horticulture; horticultural farm
Definitions
- horticulture; horticultural farm
Ancestry of “tuinderij”, step by step
tuinderij traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tuinder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tuinder | horticulturist |
| 2 | Dutch | tuinen | to practice agriculture or horticulture |
| 3 | Dutch | tuin | garden, yard; enclosure, fence or hedge |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | tuun | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |