Where does “vernietigingskamp” come from?
vernietigingskamp (Dutch) comes from Dutch vernietiging, from Dutch vernietigen, from Dutch nietig, from Dutch niet, from German niet, from German nieten, from Middle High German nieten, from Old Saxon niotan — to hammer, to pound.
vernietigingskamp (Dutch): extermination camp, death camp
Definitions
- extermination camp, death camp
Ancestry of “vernietigingskamp”, step by step
vernietigingskamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vernietiging
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vernietiging | destruction |
| 2 | Dutch | vernietigen | to destroy |
| 3 | Dutch | nietig | minute, puny; insignificant, powerless; annulled,... |
| 4 | Dutch | niet | Not, no; staple |
| 5 | German | niet | rivet |
| 6 | German | nieten | To rivet |
| 7 | Middle High German | nieten | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | niotan | to use, to make use of; to enjoy |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hneudan | to hammer, to pound |