Where does “verkeerspaal” come from?
verkeerspaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch verkeer, from German verkehr, from German verkehren, from Dutch verkeren, from Dutch keren, from Middle Dutch keren, from Old Dutch kēren, from Proto-Germanic karzijaną — to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things...
verkeerspaal (Dutch): a road bollard
Definitions
- a road bollard
Ancestry of “verkeerspaal”, step by step
verkeerspaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verkeer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verkeer | traffic; exchange, intercourse |
| 2 | German | verkehr | correspondence, traffic interaction [[involve |
| 3 | German | verkehren | to interact in somebody’s sphere, to have... |
| 4 | Dutch | verkeren | to find oneself; to be found, be located;... |
| 5 | Dutch | keren | To turn around, to turn around an axis; plural of... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | keren | To turn, to turn over, to turn around; To turn,... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | kēren | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | karzijaną | to turn, sweep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵers- | to turn, bend, twist; to twist; to plait things... |