Where does “verbreien” come from?
verbreien (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos — on, onto.
verbreien (Dutch): to spend knitting
Definitions
- to spend knitting
Ancestry of “verbreien”, step by step
verbreien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 2 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 3 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 5 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch breien
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | breien | to knit |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | breiden | to weave, to braid; to broaden; to expand, to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | breiden | to widen, to broaden |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | braidijan | to broaden, make broad, extend |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | braidijaną | to broaden, make broad, extend |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |