Where does “uikoepel” come from?
uikoepel (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.
uikoepel (Dutch): onion dome
Definitions
- onion dome
Ancestry of “uikoepel”, step by step
uikoepel 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 koepel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koepel | cupola, dome |
| 2 | Italian | cupola | dome, vault; cupola |
| 3 | Latin | cupula | A small tub or cask |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |