Where does “vergelijkbaar” come from?

vergelijkbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch baar, from Middle Dutch bâre, from Old Dutch bāra, from Proto-Albanian bārā, from Proto-Germanic bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós, from Proto-Indo-European bʰos- — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.

vergelijkbaar (Dutch): comparable

Definitions

  1. comparable

Ancestry of “vergelijkbaar”, step by step

vergelijkbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch baar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbaarA bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to...
2Middle Dutchbârebier, stretcher
3Old Dutchbāra
4Proto-Albanianbārā
5Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

via Dutch vergelijken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvergelijkento compare
2Dutchgelijkequal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;...
3Middle Dutchgelijc
4Old Dutchgilīk
5Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
6Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “vergelijkbaar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰos-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰosósEvery word from Proto-Germanic bazaz
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