Where does “verdoven” come from?
verdoven (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.
verdoven (Dutch): To deafen; To anesthetize, administer a...
Definitions
- To deafen; To anesthetize, administer a...
Ancestry of “verdoven”, step by step
verdoven traces back through 3 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 doven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doven | to extinguish |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dôven | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | dōven | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daubijaną | to make insensitive, to numb; to deafen; to dive |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |