Where does “woordenstrijd” come from?

woordenstrijd (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.

woordenstrijd (Dutch): fight

Definitions

  1. fight

Ancestry of “woordenstrijd”, step by step

woordenstrijd 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 strijd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstrijdfight; battle; conflict
2Middle Dutchstrijt
3Old Dutchstrīt
4Proto-Germanicstrīdazbattle, fight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą