Where does “weggebruiker” come from?

weggebruiker (Dutch) comes from Dutch weg, from Middle Dutch wech, from Old Dutch weg, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

weggebruiker (Dutch): road user

Definitions

  1. road user

Ancestry of “weggebruiker”, step by step

weggebruiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwegway, road; away; gone, disappeared
2Middle Dutchwechway, road, path; journey; direction, approach
3Old Dutchwegway, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Dutch gebruiker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgebruikeruser
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weg →