Where does “boertelijk” come from?

boertelijk (Dutch) comes 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.

boertelijk (Dutch): farcical, burlesque; humorous, comical

Definitions

  1. farcical, burlesque; humorous, comical

Ancestry of “boertelijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-lijk-ly, -al, -ous; -able
2Middle Dutch-lijc-ly, -like, -ous
3Old Dutch-līk—
4Proto-Germanic-līkaz-like, -ly
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-Germanic -līkaz →