Where does “bemoeilijken” come from?
bemoeilijken (Dutch) comes from Dutch moeilijk, from Dutch -lijk, from Middle Dutch -lijc, from Old Dutch -līk, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
bemoeilijken (Dutch): to make (more) difficult, to make harder, to hamper, to complicate
Definitions
- to make (more) difficult, to make harder, to hamper, to complicate
Ancestry of “bemoeilijken”, step by step
bemoeilijken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch moeilijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | moeilijk | hard, difficult |
| 2 | Dutch | -lijk | -ly, -al, -ous; -able |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -lijc | -ly, -like, -ous |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Dutch be- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | be- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to apply/provide (noun) to" |