Where does “Flying Dutchman” come from?
Flying Dutchman (English) comes from English Dutchman, from Middle English Ducheman, from Middle English Duch, from Middle Dutch duutsch, from Old Dutch thiudisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz, from Proto-Germanic þeudō — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
Flying Dutchman (English): A ship similar to the Flying Dutchman; a ghost...
Definitions
- A ship similar to the Flying Dutchman; a ghost...
Ancestry of “Flying Dutchman”, step by step
Flying Dutchman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dutchman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dutchman | A Dutch man; a man from the Netherlands; A man of... |
| 2 | Middle English | Ducheman | a Dutchman, a German |
| 3 | Middle English | Duch | German, Dutch; German, Low German, Dutch |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | duutsch | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thiudisc | of the people, vernacular |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |