Where does “belangrijkheid” come from?

belangrijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch belangrijk, from Dutch -rijk, from Dutch rijk, from Dutch raad, from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz — to fit, to fix, to put together.

belangrijkheid (Dutch): importance, importantness

Definitions

  1. importance, importantness

Ancestry of “belangrijkheid”, step by step

belangrijkheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch belangrijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbelangrijkimportant
2Dutch-rijkrich, -ful; having in abundance, rich with, full of
3Dutchrijkrich; wealthy; abundant
4DutchraadAn advice, counsel; A council, board, body which...
5Middle Dutchrâet
6Old Dutchrāt
7Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
8Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch heid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-
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