Where does “vertroebelen” come from?
vertroebelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch troebel, from Middle French trouble, from Old French trouble, from Vulgar Latin turbulus, from Latin turbidus, from Latin turba, from Ancient Greek τύρβη, from Proto-Indo-European twerH- — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
vertroebelen (Dutch): to become/make muddy, blurry, unclear
Definitions
- to become/make muddy, blurry, unclear
Ancestry of “vertroebelen”, step by step
vertroebelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch troebel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | troebel | murky, turbid |
| 2 | Middle French | trouble | — |
| 3 | Old French | trouble | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | turbulus | muddy, turbid, murky, clouded, opaque; troubled,... |
| 5 | Latin | turbidus | wild, stormy; muddy, turbid; murky, foggy,... |
| 6 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |