Where does “walvisjacht” come from?

walvisjacht (Dutch) comes from Dutch jacht, from Middle Dutch jacht, from Old Dutch jagot, from Proto-West Germanic jagōþu, from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu, from Proto-Germanic -ōþuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

walvisjacht (Dutch): whaling

Definitions

  1. whaling

Ancestry of “walvisjacht”, step by step

walvisjacht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch jacht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjachthunt, hunting; yacht
2Middle Dutchjacht
3Old Dutchjagot
4Proto-West Germanicjagōþuhunt, hunting; chase, pursuit
5Proto-West Germanic-ōþu
6Proto-Germanic-ōþuzForms nouns from weak class 2 verbs, possibly...
7Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Dutch Walvis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchWalvisCetus
2Middle Dutchwalvischwhale
3Old Dutchwalvisk
4Old Dutchwalwhale
5Proto-GermanicWahalazthe river Waal
6Latinvacalusnow the Waal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Proto-Germanic -þuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic -ōþu