Etymograph

English

dubbeltje

Dubbeltje comes from Dutch dubbeltje ‘Dutch coin of 10 cents’, from dubbel ‘double’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwi-‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplós‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplos‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplus‘double’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400doble‘double’
  6. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500dobbel
  7. Dutchc. 1500–presentdubbel‘double’
  8. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentdubbeltje‘Dutch coin of 10 cents’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwi-‘two’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*dwiplós‘double, twofold’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*duplos‘double’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEduplus‘double’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400doble‘double’
  6. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500dobbel
  7. Dutchc. 1500–presentdubbel‘double’
  8. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentdubbeltje‘Dutch coin of 10 cents’
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’

with, pimpernel, 23 more

through Old French doble ‘double’

double, 1 more

Today it means

noun A former Dutch coin, originally of silver, worth one tenth of a guilder.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dwi- / dubbeltje

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