Where does “vrijspraak” come from?
vrijspraak (Dutch) comes from Dutch vrij, from Middle Dutch vri, from Old Dutch frī, from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz, from Proto-Indo-European priHós, from Proto-Indo-European preyH- — to love, to please.
vrijspraak (Dutch): release (of a suspect), acquittal
Definitions
- release (of a suspect), acquittal
Ancestry of “vrijspraak”, step by step
vrijspraak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vrij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vrij | free; not imprisoned or enslaved; free;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vri | free |
| 3 | Old Dutch | frī | free, unbound |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | frī | free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | frijaz | free |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | priHós | dear, beloved; happy, free |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | preyH- | to love, to please |
via Dutch spraak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | spraak | speech; language |
| 2 | Dutch | sprake | |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | sprâke | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | sprāka | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sprēkō | speech, language |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pereg- | to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast; to be... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)per- | to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;... |