Where does “uitje” come from?
uitje (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.
uitje (Dutch): excursion, day trip
Definitions
- excursion, day trip
Ancestry of “uitje”, step by step
uitje traces back through 3 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 uit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | uit | out, from the inside to the outside; out, off;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | uut | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ūt | outside |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Dutch je
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | je | subjective unstressed form of jij; objective... |