Where does “verzetsstrijder” come from?

verzetsstrijder (Dutch) comes from Dutch strijder, from Dutch strijden, from Middle Dutch striden, from Old Dutch strīdan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīdan, from Proto-Germanic strīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European streydʰh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

verzetsstrijder (Dutch): member of the resistance, resistance fighter, chiefly in relation to the resistance against the Axis powers in occupied countries during the Second World War

Definitions

  1. member of the resistance, resistance fighter, chiefly in relation to the resistance against the Axis powers in occupied countries during the Second World War

Ancestry of “verzetsstrijder”, step by step

verzetsstrijder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch strijder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrijderfighter
2Dutchstrijdento fight
3Middle Dutchstridento fight, to battle; to counter, to resist
4Old Dutchstrīdanto fight, to battle
5Proto-West Germanic*strīdanto stand upright
6Proto-Germanicstrīdanąto stand upright; to step up to; to endeavour;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstreydʰh₁-
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Dutch verzet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverzetresistance; resistance movement; a diversion, an...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European streydʰh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic strīdaną