Where does “zoutziederij” come from?
zoutziederij (Dutch) comes from Dutch ziederij, from Dutch zieder, from Dutch zieden, from Middle Dutch sieden, from Old Dutch siethan, from Proto-West Germanic seuþan, from Proto-Germanic seuþaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt- — to roil; to move about, roil, seethe.
zoutziederij (Dutch): salt refinery
Ancestry of “zoutziederij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | ziederij | A refinery that operates by boiling its resources |
| 2 | Dutch | zieder | refiner who manipulates resources by boiling |
| 3 | Dutch | zieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling; to seethe, to be... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | sieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling |
| 5 | Old Dutch | siethan | to boil |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | seuþan | to seethe, to boil |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |