Where does “vrot” come from?
vrot (English) comes from Afrikaans vrot, from Dutch verrotten, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
vrot (English): rotten
Definitions
- rotten
Ancestry of “vrot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | vrot | rotten; to rot |
| 2 | Dutch | verrotten | to rot, to decompose |
| 3 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 4 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |