Where does “wetenschapper” come from?
wetenschapper (Dutch) comes from German Wissenschafter, from German Wissenschaft, from German Wissen, from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro — to join; to unite; to suit.
wetenschapper (Dutch): scientist (one whose activities make use of the scientific method)
Definitions
- scientist (one whose activities make use of the scientific method)
Ancestry of “wetenschapper”, step by step
wetenschapper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wissenschafter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wissenschafter | scientist male or of unspecified gender |
| 2 | German | Wissenschaft | science; academia, scholarship; academia,... |
| 3 | German | Wissen | knowledge |
| 4 | German | wissen | to know; to be aware of; to remember |
| 5 | German | Besserwisser | know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck |
| 6 | German | besser | comparative degree of gut; better; inflection of... |
| 7 | Middle High German | beȥȥer | — |
| 8 | Old High German | beȥȥiro | better |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | better |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | batizô | comparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | gōdaz | good |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | gadaną | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |
via Dutch wetenschap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wetenschap | knowledge; science, scholarly knowledge,... |
| 2 | Dutch | weten | to know; to remember; to be able to, to manage to |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wēten | to know knowledge |
| 4 | Old Dutch | wītan | to know |