Where does “genoegdoening” come from?
genoegdoening (Dutch) comes from Dutch genoeg, 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.
genoegdoening (Dutch): compensation, reparation, amends
Definitions
- compensation, reparation, amends
Ancestry of “genoegdoening”, step by step
genoegdoening traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch genoeg
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | genoeg | enough; plenty; enough, to enough of a degree,... |
| 2 | Luxembourgish | genuch | enough |
| 3 | Old High German | ginuog | enough |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *ganōg | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ganōgaz | enough, sufficient |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₂nóḱe | to have reached, to be at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |
via Dutch doen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | doen | to do; to put; to cause to, to make |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | doen | to do; to cause; to put, to place |
| 3 | Old Dutch | duon | to do; to put, to place |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dōną | to do, make; to put, place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéh₁t | to put, to place; to do |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |