Where does “dichterlijk” come from?

dichterlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch dichter, from Middle Dutch dichtere, from Middle Dutch -ere, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

dichterlijk (Dutch): poetic

Definitions

  1. poetic

Ancestry of “dichterlijk”, step by step

dichterlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dichter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdichterpoet
2Middle Dutchdichterewriter
3Middle Dutch-ereForms agent nouns from verbs
4Old Dutch-āri—
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →