Where does “voortschrijden” come from?
voortschrijden (Dutch) comes from Dutch voort, from Dutch voorde, from Middle Dutch vort, from Old Dutch furt, from Proto-Germanic furduz, from Proto-Indo-European pértus, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
voortschrijden (Dutch): to march forward
Definitions
- to march forward
Ancestry of “voortschrijden”, step by step
voortschrijden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch voort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | voort | forth, forwards; Archaic spelling of voord |
| 2 | Dutch | voorde | ford |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vort | ford; escape route |
| 4 | Old Dutch | furt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furduz | ford |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pértus | crossing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch schrijden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schrijden | to stride |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schriden | to stride |
| 3 | Old Dutch | scrīthan | to stride |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skrīþan | to walk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skrīþaną | to walk, glide, crawl |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreyt- | to wind; twist; bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |