Where does “woestijnzand” come from?
woestijnzand (Dutch) comes from Dutch woestijn, 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.
woestijnzand (Dutch): desert sand
Ancestry of “woestijnzand”, step by step