Where does “volksvijandig” come from?
volksvijandig (Dutch) comes from Dutch volk, from Dutch tuin, from Middle Dutch tuun, from Old Dutch tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom — smoke; mist, haze.
volksvijandig (Dutch): hostile or inimical to the people variously defined, but since the 1930s used according to the National Socialist definition
Definitions
- hostile or inimical to the people variously defined, but since the 1930s used according to the National Socialist definition
Ancestry of “volksvijandig”, step by step
volksvijandig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch volk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | volk | people, nation; tribe; folk, the common people,... |
| 2 | Dutch | tuin | garden, yard; enclosure, fence or hedge |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tuun | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 7 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Dutch vijandig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vijandig | hostile with an aggressive approach; belonging or appropriate to an enemy |
| 2 | Dutch | vijand | enemy |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | viant | enemy, opponent; devil; monster |
| 4 | Old Dutch | fīand | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *fijand | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fijandz | enemy, fiend |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fijāną | to hate; to dislike |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₁- | to hate, hurt |