Where does “gruwelijk” come from?
gruwelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch -lijk, from Middle Dutch -lijc, from Old Dutch -līk, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
gruwelijk (Dutch): gruesome, terrible, brutal; awesome, wicked
Definitions
- gruesome, terrible, brutal; awesome, wicked
Ancestry of “gruwelijk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | -lijk | -ly, -al, -ous; -able |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | -lijc | -ly, -like, -ous |
| 3 | Old Dutch | -līk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |