Where does “vaderschap” come from?

vaderschap (Dutch) comes from Dutch vader, from Middle Dutch vāder, from Old Dutch fadar, from Proto-West Germanic fader, from Proto-Germanic fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

vaderschap (Dutch): fatherhood

Definitions

  1. fatherhood

Ancestry of “vaderschap”, step by step

vaderschap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvaderfather; forefather
2Middle Dutchvāderfather
3Old Dutchfadarfather
4Proto-West Germanicfaderfather
5Proto-Germanicfadērfather
6Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂tḗrfather
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Dutch schap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschapshelf
2Middle Dutchschapform
3Old Dutchskāp—
4Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
5Proto-Germanicskapąshape
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “vaderschap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →