Where does “vraagcurve” come from?

vraagcurve (Dutch) comes from Dutch curve, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.

vraagcurve (Dutch): demand curve

Definitions

  1. demand curve

Ancestry of “vraagcurve”, step by step

vraagcurve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch curve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchcurvecurve: curved line
2Latincurvusbent, crooked, curved
3Proto-Italickorwos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorh₂wós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Dutch vraag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvraagquestion, query; question, issue, problem;...
2Middle Dutchvragequestion
3Old Dutch*frāga—
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- →
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