Where does “ploegen” come from?
ploegen (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ploegen (Middle Dutch): to plough
Ancestry of “ploegen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 2 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “ploegen”