Where does “wandelroute” come from?

wandelroute (Dutch) comes from Dutch route, from Middle French route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta, from Latin ruptus, from Latin rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European Hrunépti, from Proto-Indo-European Hrewp- — to tear out, dig out, open, acquire.

wandelroute (Dutch): hiking trail, walking track

Definitions

  1. hiking trail, walking track

Ancestry of “wandelroute”, step by step

wandelroute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch route

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrouteroute, course, way; road, route
2Middle Frenchrouteroad; military defeat; retreat
3Old Frenchrouteroute
4Latinruptanominative feminine singular of ruptus;...
5Latinruptusbroken; ruptured, burst
6Latinrumpōto break, burst, tear, rend, rupture; break asunder, force open
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrunéptito be breaking
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrewp-to break, tear
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHrew-to tear out, dig out, open, acquire

via Dutch wandelen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwandelento stroll, be on a walk; to walk
2Middle Dutchwandelento go back and forth; to walk; to wander, to...
3Old Dutch*wandilonto wander
4Proto-West Germanicwandalōnto waver, change, fluctuate; to wander
5Proto-West Germanicwandōnto turn aside, veer
6Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hrew-
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