Where does “uitroepteken” come from?

uitroepteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch uitroep, from Dutch uitroepen, from Dutch roepen, from Middle Dutch roepen, from Old Dutch ruopan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.

uitroepteken (Dutch): an exclamation mark (!)

Definitions

  1. an exclamation mark (!)

Ancestry of “uitroepteken”, step by step

uitroepteken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch uitroep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitroepan exclamation
2Dutchuitroepento cry out; to proclaim
3Dutchroepento cry, shout; to call, summon, invite etc
4Middle Dutchroepento call, to shout
5Old Dutchruopanto shout; to call
6Proto-West Germanichrōpanto cry out, to call, to shout
7Proto-Germanichrōpanąto cry out, call, shout
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Dutch teken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtekensign; signal; character
2Middle Dutchtêkenmark, sign
3Old Dutchtēkan
4Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-
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