Where does “vervijfvoudigen” come from?
vervijfvoudigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vijfvoudig, from Dutch -voudig, from Dutch -voud, from Middle Dutch -vout, from Old Dutch -falt, from Frankish *-fald, from Proto-Germanic -falþaz, from Proto-Indo-European -poltos — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
vervijfvoudigen (Dutch): to quintuple
Definitions
- to quintuple
Ancestry of “vervijfvoudigen”, step by step
vervijfvoudigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vijfvoudig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vijfvoudig | fivefold |
| 2 | Dutch | -voudig | -fold |
| 3 | Dutch | -voud | -fold |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -vout | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -falt | — |
| 6 | Frankish | *-fald | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -falþaz | -fold |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -poltos | -fold |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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)" |