Etymology Explorer › DutchWhere does “achterlijk” come from? achterlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch achter, from Middle Dutch achter, from Old Dutch after, from Proto-West Germanic *aftar, from Proto-Germanic after, from Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros — further behind, further away.
achterlijk (Dutch): backwards, idiotic, stupid, moronic
Definitions backwards, idiotic, stupid, moronic Ancestry of “achterlijk”, step by step achterlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch achter Step Language Word Meaning 1 Dutch achter behind; beyond 2 Middle Dutch achter behind; through, past; after 3 Old Dutch after — 4 Proto-West Germanic *aftar after, behind 5 Proto-Germanic after after, behind 6 Proto-Indo-European h₂epoteros further behind, further away
via Dutch lijk Step Language Word Meaning 1 Dutch lijk The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... 2 Middle Dutch lijc — 3 Old Dutch līk — 4 Proto-West Germanic līk body 5 Proto-Germanic līką body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope 6 Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- to bind, tie
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