Where does “bekendheid” come from?

bekendheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch bekend, from Middle Dutch bekent, from Dutch bekennen, from Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen.

bekendheid (Dutch): familiarity, acquaintance, knowledge

Definitions

  1. familiarity, acquaintance, knowledge

Ancestry of “bekendheid”, step by step

bekendheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bekend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbekendknown; familiar, trusted
2Middle Dutchbekent—
3Dutchbekennento acknowledge, confess; to see, to make out, to...
4Middle Dutchbekennento get to know, to learn of; to notice; to see
5Old Dutchbikennen—

via Dutch heid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheid—
Every word from Old Dutch bikennen →Every word from Middle Dutch bekennen →Every word from Dutch bekennen →