Where does “gelijkheid” come from?
gelijkheid (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.
gelijkheid (Dutch): parity; equality
Ancestry of “gelijkheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | gelijk | equal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gelijc | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gilīk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
Words derived from “gelijkheid”