Where does “voetspoor” come from?

voetspoor (Dutch) comes from Dutch voet, from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

voetspoor (Dutch): trail of footprints, footsteps

Definitions

  1. trail of footprints, footsteps

Ancestry of “voetspoor”, step by step

voetspoor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch voet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvoetfoot; Dutch foot; imperial foot
2Middle Dutchvoetfoot; paw; foot, bottom part, base
3Old Dutchfuotfoot
4Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
5Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Dutch spoor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspoortrack; railway track; trace
2Middle Dutchspor
3Old Dutchsportrack, trace
4Proto-West Germanic*spor
5Proto-Germanicspurątrack
6Proto-Indo-EuropeansperH-to kick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-
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