Where does “verkerven” come from?
verkerven (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos — on, onto.
verkerven (Dutch): to carve in a wrong way
Definitions
- to carve in a wrong way
Ancestry of “verkerven”, step by step
verkerven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 2 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 3 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 5 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch kerven
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kerven | to cut, gouge out |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kerven | to carve, to cut out; to cut through, to cut into... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kervan | to cut |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kerban | to carve, to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kerbaną | to cut |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |