Where does “woestijn” come from?
woestijn (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch woestine, from Old Dutch wuostinna, from Old Dutch wuosti, from Proto-West Germanic wōstī, from Proto-Germanic wōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
woestijn (Dutch): desert
Ancestry of “woestijn”, step by step
Words derived from “woestijn”