Where does “Vasenaro” come from?
Vasenaro (Esperanto) comes from Dutch wassenaar, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną.
Ancestry of “Vasenaro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wassenaar | A crescent, incomplete lunar disk; The same as... |
| 2 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 3 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 6 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 9 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |