Where does “wijkagent” come from?
wijkagent (Dutch) comes from Dutch wijk, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī, from Proto-Germanic witją, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.
wijkagent (Dutch): community police officer
Definitions
- community police officer
Ancestry of “wijkagent”, step by step
wijkagent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wijk | neighborhood; district |
| 2 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 3 | German | witz | joke |
| 4 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Dutch agent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | agent | a police officer; an undercover agent; an agent,... |
| 2 | French | agent | agent |
| 3 | Middle French | agent | — |
| 4 | Latin | agēns | doing, acting, making |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |