Where does “werkloosheidscijfer” come from?
werkloosheidscijfer (Dutch) comes from Dutch werkloosheid, from Dutch werkloos, from Dutch werk, from Middle Dutch werc, from Old Dutch werk, from Proto-West Germanic werk, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom — to make.
werkloosheidscijfer (Dutch): unemployment rate
Definitions
- unemployment rate
Ancestry of “werkloosheidscijfer”, step by step
werkloosheidscijfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch werkloosheid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | werkloosheid | shortage of work; unemployment |
| 2 | Dutch | werkloos | Alternative form of werkeloos |
| 3 | Dutch | werk | A task, job, chore; A profession, job,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | werc | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | werk | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | werk | work |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | werką | work |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wérǵom | work |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via Dutch cijfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cijfer | digit; statistic; a grade given for an assignment... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cifer | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | cifra | zero, numeral; numeral, cipher; zero |
| 4 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |