Where does “voorwas” come from?
voorwas (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.
voorwas (Dutch): prewash
Definitions
- prewash
Ancestry of “voorwas”, step by step
voorwas 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 was
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 7 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |