Where does “vergiftiging” come from?
vergiftiging (Dutch) comes from Dutch vergiftigen, from Dutch giftig, from Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, from Old Dutch gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną — to give.
vergiftiging (Dutch): poisoning
Definitions
- poisoning
Ancestry of “vergiftiging”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vergiftigen | to poison |
| 2 | Dutch | giftig | poisonous, venomous, toxic |
| 3 | Dutch | gift | donation; something given voluntarily; poison;... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gift | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | gift | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *gifti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | giftiz | giving, gift |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |