Where does “gelijkberechtiging” come from?

gelijkberechtiging (Dutch) comes from Dutch gelijk, from Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

gelijkberechtiging (Dutch): legal equality, legal emancipation

Definitions

  1. legal equality, legal emancipation

Ancestry of “gelijkberechtiging”, step by step

gelijkberechtiging traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgelijkequal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;...
2Middle Dutchgelijc
3Old Dutchgilīk
4Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
5Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Dutch berechtigen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchberechtigento entitle; to authorize
2Dutchrechtigen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ-
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