Where does “virusremmer” come from?

virusremmer (Dutch) comes from Dutch remmen, from Middle Dutch remmen, from Old Dutch remmen, from Proto-Germanic hramjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

virusremmer (Dutch): antiviral medication

Definitions

  1. antiviral medication

Ancestry of “virusremmer”, step by step

virusremmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch remmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchremmento brake, slow down; plural of rem
2Middle Dutchremmen
3Old Dutchremmen
4Proto-Germanichramjanąto put into a frame, to place a frame around; to...
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch virus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvirusvirus
2Latinvīrus
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Chichewa iye
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