Where does “voorleser” come from?
voorleser (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.
voorleser (Dutch): Obsolete spelling of voorlezer
Definitions
- Obsolete spelling of voorlezer
Ancestry of “voorleser”, step by step
voorleser 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 lezer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lezer | A reader, person who reads a text; A reader,... |
| 2 | Dutch | lezen | to read; to gather |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lēsen | to collect, gather, read |
| 4 | Old Dutch | lesan | to gather, to collect; to read |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lesan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lesaną | to gather, collect |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | les- | to gather, to collect |