Where does “Steenwijkerland” come from?
Steenwijkerland (English) comes from Dutch Steenwijkerland, from Dutch Steenwijk, from Dutch wijk, from Old English wīc, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī — to see.
Ancestry of “Steenwijkerland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Steenwijkerland | — |
| 2 | Dutch | Steenwijk | — |
| 3 | Dutch | wijk | neighborhood; district |
| 4 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 5 | German | witz | joke |
| 6 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 7 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |