Where does “Bestanddeel” come from?

Bestanddeel (Luxembourgish) comes from German Bestandteil, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Bestanddeel (Luxembourgish): component, element

Definitions

  1. component, element

Ancestry of “Bestanddeel”, step by step

Bestanddeel traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bestandteil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBestandteilcomponent, element; ingredient
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil
4Old High Germanteil
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Dutch deel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdeelpart, piece; volume
2Middle Dutchdêel
3Old Dutchdēl
4Proto-Germanicdailąpart, portion, deal

via Dutch bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbestandarchive, file; file; truce
2Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
3Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
4Germanbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl-Every word from Proto-Germanic dailizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic daili