Where does “versnellingspook” come from?
versnellingspook (Dutch) comes from Dutch pook, from Middle Dutch poke, from Proto-Germanic puk-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".
versnellingspook (Dutch): gear lever, gearstick, shift stick
Definitions
- gear lever, gearstick, shift stick
Ancestry of “versnellingspook”, step by step
versnellingspook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch pook
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pook | poker; gearstick |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | poke | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | puk- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
via Dutch versnelling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | versnelling | acceleration; gear |
| 2 | Dutch | -ing | Creates action nouns referring to the performance... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -inge | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -inga | — |