Where does “vraagtekort” come from?

vraagtekort (Dutch) comes from Dutch vraag, from Middle Dutch vrage, from Old Dutch *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

vraagtekort (Dutch): demand deficit

Definitions

  1. demand deficit

Ancestry of “vraagtekort”, step by step

vraagtekort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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—

via Dutch tekort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtekortshortage, deficit
2Dutchkortshort
3Middle Dutchcort—
4Old Dutchkurt—
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →