Where does “lafhartig” come from?

lafhartig (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch lafhartig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

lafhartig (Afrikaans): cowardly, craven

Definitions

  1. cowardly, craven

Ancestry of “lafhartig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlafhartigcowardly, frightened, craven
2Dutch-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having
3Middle Dutch-ich-y
4Old Dutch-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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