wereld.
world
Meaning & usage
world
De werelden van wetenschap en kunst kunnen soms samenkomen.
In het kleine wereldje van de mode heersen vaak grote ego's.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old Dutch werilt Middle Dutch werelt Dutch wereld From Middle Dutch werelt, from Old Dutch werilt, werolt, from Proto-West Germanic *weraldi, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic *weraz (“man”) + *aldiz (“time, age, old”), hence "age of man". Cognate to West Frisian wrâld, English world, German Welt, Swedish värld.
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