Where does “waanzin” come from?
waanzin (Dutch) comes from German Wahnsinn, from German wahnsinnig, from German wahnwitzig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār — year.
waanzin (Dutch): delusion; insanity, lunacy
Definitions
- delusion; insanity, lunacy
Ancestry of “waanzin”, step by step
waanzin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wahnsinn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wahnsinn | insanity, madness; awesome!, man!, wicked! |
| 2 | German | wahnsinnig | mad, insane; incredible, unbelievable;... |
| 3 | German | wahnwitzig | absurd; insane |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 6 | German | Jahr | year |
| 7 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via Dutch waan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waan | delusion |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wâen | hope, expectation |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wān | hope, expectation |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hwan | when |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwan | when, at what time |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |
via Dutch zin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zin | meaning, significance; point, sense; sentence |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | sin | direction; attention; sense, intellect, reason |
| 3 | Old Dutch | sīn | we be |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sīn | his/her/its/their own |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīnaz | his/her/its/their own; reflexive possessive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |