Where does “godsvermogen” come from?
godsvermogen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vermogen, from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.
godsvermogen (Dutch): a large sum of money; a fortune
Definitions
- a large sum of money; a fortune
Ancestry of “godsvermogen”, step by step
godsvermogen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vermogen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vermogen | ability, power, capacity; power; fortune |
| 2 | Dutch | ver- | to do or to become what the stem refers to; used... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Dutch God
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | God | God |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | god | Alternative spelling of got |
| 3 | Old Dutch | got | god |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |