Where does “verjaardagscadeau” come from?
verjaardagscadeau (Dutch) comes from Dutch verjaardag, from Dutch verjaren, from Dutch jaar, from Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic hring, from Proto-Germanic hringaz — to cut, cut off, sever.
verjaardagscadeau (Dutch): birthday present
Definitions
- birthday present
Ancestry of “verjaardagscadeau”, step by step
verjaardagscadeau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verjaardag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verjaardag | birthday |
| 2 | Dutch | verjaren | to have one's birthday; become expired due to a... |
| 3 | Dutch | jaar | A year, the time it takes the Earth to circle the... |
| 4 | Dutch | ring | ring, hollow circular object; ring; beltway, ring... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | rinc | ring; circle; circle of people |
| 6 | Old Dutch | rinc | ring, circle |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hring | ring, circle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hringaz | ring, circle; curve; sound, ring |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)krengʰ- | to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Dutch cadeau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cadeau | present; gift |
| 2 | French | cadeau | present, gift |
| 3 | Old Occitan | capdel | ornament |
| 4 | Latin | capitellum | small head; capital or chapiter of a column |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |