Where does “verhollandsen” come from?
verhollandsen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Hollands, from Dutch -s, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
verhollandsen (Dutch): to Hollandize make or become more Hollandic
Definitions
- to Hollandize make or become more Hollandic
Ancestry of “verhollandsen”, step by step
verhollandsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Hollands
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Hollands | Hollandic; Netherlandic, Dutch |
| 2 | Dutch | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns that end in... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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)" |