Where does “verpleegkundig” come from?

verpleegkundig (Dutch) comes from Dutch verpleegkunde, from Dutch verplegen, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.

verpleegkundig (Dutch): pertaining to nursing

Definitions

  1. pertaining to nursing

Ancestry of “verpleegkundig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverpleegkundenursing, medical care
2Dutchverplegento nurse
3Dutchverfar
4Dutchsluierento veil, to cover with a veil
5Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
6Middle Dutchendeand; end
7Old Dutchendiend
8Proto-West Germanicandīend
9Proto-Germanicandijazend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-
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