Where does “gedrochtelijk” come from?

gedrochtelijk (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.

gedrochtelijk (Dutch): monstrous, hideous; misshapen, deformed;...

Definitions

  1. monstrous, hideous; misshapen, deformed;...

Ancestry of “gedrochtelijk”, 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 →