Where does “beledigen” come from?
beledigen (Dutch) comes from German beleidigen, from German -igen, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
beledigen (Dutch): to offend
Definitions
- to offend
Ancestry of “beledigen”, step by step
beledigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German beleidigen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | beleidigen | To offend |
| 2 | German | -igen | A suffix forming verbs from nouns: to become... |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via Dutch leed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | leed | grief, sorrow; harm; angry |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lêet | loathsome, abhorrent |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lēth | unpleasant, loathsome |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *laiþ | loathsome, detestable, hated |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laiþaz | loath; loathsome; disgusting; unwilling; averse;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyt- | to scratch; to leave, die; to go, go forth, die |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |