Where does “vijfentwintigjarige” come from?

vijfentwintigjarige (Dutch) comes from Dutch vijfentwintigjarig, from Dutch jarig, from Dutch jaar, from Dutch ring, from Middle Dutch rinc, from Old Dutch rinc, from Proto-West Germanic hring, from Proto-Germanic hringaz — to cut, cut off, sever.

vijfentwintigjarige (Dutch): twenty-five-year-old, person of the age of twenty-five

Definitions

  1. twenty-five-year-old, person of the age of twenty-five

Ancestry of “vijfentwintigjarige”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvijfentwintigjarigtwenty-five-year-old
2Dutchjarighaving one's birthday
3DutchjaarA year, the time it takes the Earth to circle the...
4Dutchringring, hollow circular object; ring; beltway, ring...
5Middle Dutchrincring; circle; circle of people
6Old Dutchrincring, circle
7Proto-West Germanichringring, circle
8Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
9Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
10Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
11Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-
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