Where does “wrâldkampioenskip” come from?
wrâldkampioenskip (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian wrâld, from Old Frisian warld, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic weraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
wrâldkampioenskip (West Frisian): world championship
Definitions
- world championship
Ancestry of “wrâldkampioenskip”, step by step
wrâldkampioenskip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via West Frisian wrâld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Frisian | wrâld | world |
| 2 | Old Frisian | warld | world |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via West Frisian kampioenskip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Frisian | kampioenskip | championship |
| 2 | West Frisian | -skip | -ship |
| 3 | Old Frisian | -skip | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |