Where does “voertaal” come from?
voertaal (Dutch) comes from Dutch voeren, from Dutch voederen, from Middle Dutch voederen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
voertaal (Dutch): language of exchange, working language
Definitions
- language of exchange, working language
Ancestry of “voertaal”, step by step
voertaal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch voeren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | voeren | to guide, lead; to wage; to line |
| 2 | Dutch | voederen | Alternative form of voeren |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | voederen | to feed; to line, to cover the inner surface of |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch taal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taal | language |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tāle | spoken or written words, that which someone says |
| 3 | Old Dutch | tala | number }} |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *talu | narration, report |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |