Where does “denkvermogen” come from?

denkvermogen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vermogen, from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

denkvermogen (Dutch): mind, intellect, thinking ability

Definitions

  1. mind, intellect, thinking ability

Ancestry of “denkvermogen”, step by step

denkvermogen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vermogen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvermogenability, power, capacity; power; fortune
2Dutchver-to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...
3Middle Dutcher-—
4Old Dutchur-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Dutch denk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdenk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uds- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uss- →