Where does “vertolker” come from?
vertolker (Dutch) comes from Dutch vertolken, from Dutch tolken, from Dutch tolk, from Dutch tol, from Middle Dutch tol, from Old Dutch tol, from Latin teloneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον — price.
vertolker (Dutch): interpreter, conveyer
Definitions
- interpreter, conveyer
Ancestry of “vertolker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vertolken | to interpret, translate |
| 2 | Dutch | tolken | to interpret |
| 3 | Dutch | tolk | An interpreter, one who translates/interprets... |
| 4 | Dutch | tol | top, spinning top; toll, customs |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | tol | twig |
| 6 | Old Dutch | tol | — |
| 7 | Latin | teloneum | toll booth; custom house |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τελώνιον | toll-house |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τελώνης | a farmer or collector or the tolls, customs or... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ὠνέομαι | to buy, purchase |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | ὦνος | price |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wosno- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | wesno- | price |