Where does “woordenschat” come from?

woordenschat (Dutch) comes from Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

woordenschat (Dutch): vocabulary

Definitions

  1. vocabulary

Ancestry of “woordenschat”, step by step

woordenschat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch woord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwoordword
2Middle Dutchwortword; diction, what someone says or writes;...
3Old Dutchwortword
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Dutch schat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschattreasure; honey, darling, sweet person
2Middle Dutchschatmoney; treasure, large amount of wealth; treasury
3Old Dutchskat—
4Proto-West Germanic*skatttreasure
5Proto-Germanicskattazcattle, kine; owndom, wealth, goods; hoard,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskatn-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →