Where does “van der Sloot” come from?
van der Sloot (English) comes from Dutch van der Sloot, from Dutch der, from Dutch daar, from Middle Dutch dâer, from Old Dutch thār, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar- — this; that.
Ancestry of “van der Sloot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | van der Sloot | — |
| 2 | Dutch | der | there; genitive singular feminine of de; of the;... |
| 3 | Dutch | daar | there; that; since |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dâer | Demonstrative uses |
| 5 | Old Dutch | thār | there |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |