Where does “weekendrijverbod” come from?
weekendrijverbod (Dutch) comes from Dutch weekend, from English weekend, from English week, from Middle English wyke, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi — to see.
weekendrijverbod (Dutch): ban on driving in the weekend
Definitions
- ban on driving in the weekend
Ancestry of “weekendrijverbod”, step by step
weekendrijverbod traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch weekend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | weekend | weekend |
| 2 | English | weekend | The break in the working week, usually two days... |
| 3 | English | week | Any period of seven consecutive days; A period of... |
| 4 | Middle English | wyke | Alternative form of wikke; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 6 | German | witz | joke |
| 7 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 8 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Dutch verbod
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verbod | prohibition; ban |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | verbot | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | verbot | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | furibudą | A prohibition, forbidding |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | furibeudaną | to forbid, prohibit, command against |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | furi- | before, forth, forward; forth- |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furi | for, before; before, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |