Where does “verbrandingsmotor” come from?
verbrandingsmotor (Dutch) comes from Dutch motor, from Dutch engel, from Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil — angel; messenger.
verbrandingsmotor (Dutch): combustion engine
Definitions
- combustion engine
Ancestry of “verbrandingsmotor”, step by step
verbrandingsmotor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch motor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | motor | engine; motorbike |
| 2 | Dutch | engel | angel |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | engel | angel, servant of God; fallen angel |
| 4 | Old Dutch | engil | — |
| 5 | Latin | Angelus | angel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἄγγελος | a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly... |
| 7 | Old Norse | engill | angel |
| 8 | Old Saxon | engil | angel |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | angil | angel |
| 10 | Latin | angelus | angel; messenger |
via Dutch verbranding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verbranding | combustion; burn |
| 2 | Dutch | verbranden | To burn, consume/kill in fire; To be consumed by... |
| 3 | Dutch | branden | to burn, to set aflame, to be alight; to be lit;... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | branden | Synonym of bernen |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |