Where does “geweldig” come from?

geweldig (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch geweldich, from Old Dutch giweldig, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

geweldig (Dutch): tremendous, enormous

Definitions

  1. tremendous, enormous

Ancestry of “geweldig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgeweldich—
2Old Dutchgiweldigpowerful
3Old Dutch-ig—
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “geweldig”

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