Where does “vierpuntsdruktoets” come from?

vierpuntsdruktoets (Dutch) comes from Dutch druktoets, from Dutch toets, from French touché, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er — he, she.

vierpuntsdruktoets (Dutch): D-pad

Definitions

  1. D-pad

Ancestry of “vierpuntsdruktoets”, step by step

vierpuntsdruktoets traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch druktoets

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdruktoetspush button a button switch activated by pushing or pressing
2Dutchtoetsbutton, key; fingerboard; test, examination
3Frenchtouchépast participle of toucher
4FrenchtoucherThe act of touching; A way of touching; The sense...
5German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
8Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
9Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
10Latin-ārefirst conjugation
11Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
12Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
13Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
14Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
15Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch punt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpuntpoint; The terminal point of something; dot
2Frenchpointpoint; full stop, period; stitch pattern
3Middle Frenchpoinctpoint; not
4Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
5Latinpūnctumpoint
6Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
7Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
8Proto-Italic-tus
9Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Dutch vier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvierfour
2Middle Dutchvierfour; Alternative form of vuur
3Old Dutchfuïrfire
4Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
5Proto-Germanicfōrfire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt
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