Where does “welvaartsstaat” come from?
welvaartsstaat (Dutch) comes from English welfare state, from English State, from Middle English stat, from Old French estat, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō, from Proto-Italic staēō, from Proto-Indo-European sth₂éh₁yeti.
welvaartsstaat (Dutch): welfare state
Definitions
- welfare state
Ancestry of “welvaartsstaat”, step by step
welvaartsstaat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English welfare state
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | welfare state | A social system in which the state takes overall... |
| 2 | English | State | A current governing polity; The current governing... |
| 3 | Middle English | stat | condition |
| 4 | Old French | estat | state; government; condition |
| 5 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 6 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
via Dutch welvaart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | welvaart | welfare |
| 2 | Dutch | vaart | trip; speed, momentum; canal |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vāert | going |
| 4 | Old Dutch | farth | going |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fardi | journey, voyage |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fardiz | journey, voyage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Dutch staat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | staat | state, condition; state; table, list, chart |
| 2 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |