Where does “hersenspoeling” come from?
hersenspoeling (Dutch) comes from Dutch hersenen, from Middle Dutch hersene, from Proto-Germanic hirzniją, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.
hersenspoeling (Dutch): brain-washing
Ancestry of “hersenspoeling”, step by step