Where does “vergisten” come from?
vergisten (Dutch) comes from Dutch gist, from Middle Dutch gest, from Old Dutch gēst, from Old Dutch gist, from Proto-West Germanic jestu, from Proto-Germanic jestuz, from Proto-Indo-European yes- — to foam; to boil.
vergisten (Dutch): to ferment
Definitions
- to ferment
Ancestry of “vergisten”, step by step
vergisten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gist | yeast |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gest | yeast |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gēst | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | gist | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | jestu | fermentation; byproducts or agents of... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jestuz | fermentation; byproducts or agents of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yes- | to foam; to boil |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |