Where does “uiensoep” come from?
uiensoep (Dutch) comes from Dutch ui, from Middle Dutch uyen, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
uiensoep (Dutch): onion soup
Definitions
- onion soup
Ancestry of “uiensoep”, step by step
uiensoep traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ui
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ui | onion; Nickname for someone from Rijnsburg |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | uyen | — |
| 3 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 4 | Latin | ūniō | a unity, union |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch soep
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | soep | soup |
| 2 | French | soupe | soup; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | souppe | soup |
| 4 | Old French | supe | soup |
| 5 | Old French | soupe | Alternative form of supe |
| 6 | Late Latin | suppa | sopped bread |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | supô | soup, broth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |