Where does “verpoolsing” come from?
verpoolsing (Dutch) comes from Dutch verpoolsen, from Dutch Pools, from Dutch Pool, from Middle Dutch pool, from Old French poil, from Latin pēnsilis, from Latin pendēre, from Latin pendō — to stretch.
verpoolsing (Dutch): Polonization
Definitions
- Polonization
Ancestry of “verpoolsing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verpoolsen | to Polonize |
| 2 | Dutch | Pools | Polish |
| 3 | Dutch | Pool | A Pole |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | pool | — |
| 5 | Old French | poil | hair |
| 6 | Latin | pēnsilis | hanging (down), pendant, pensile |
| 7 | Latin | pendēre | — |
| 8 | Latin | pendō | to weigh, weigh out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pendō | hang, put in a hanging position |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)péndeti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |