Where does “genoeg” come from?

genoeg (Dutch) comes from Luxembourgish genuch, from Old High German ginuog, from Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic ganōgaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₂nóḱe, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

genoeg (Dutch): enough; plenty; enough, to enough of a degree,...

Definitions

  1. enough; plenty; enough, to enough of a degree,...

Ancestry of “genoeg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishgenuchenough
2Old High Germanginuogenough
3Proto-West Germanic*ganōg—
4Proto-Germanicganōgazenough, sufficient
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eh₂nóḱeto have reached, to be at
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

Words derived from “genoeg”

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