Where does “voorbereiden” come from?
voorbereiden (Dutch) comes from Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vōre, from Old Dutch furh, from Proto-West Germanic furh, from Proto-Germanic furhs, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
voorbereiden (Dutch): to prepare
Definitions
- to prepare
Ancestry of “voorbereiden”, step by step
voorbereiden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch voor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | voor | for; before; in front of |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vōre | before, in front of |
| 3 | Old Dutch | furh | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | furh | furrow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furhs | furrow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch bereiden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bereiden | to prepare |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bereiden | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | reiden | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | reiden | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | raidijaną | to cause to move, carry (up, forward, etc.), let fall, etc |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂rey- | to count, count out; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |