Where does “huilerig” come from?

huilerig (Dutch) comes from Dutch -erig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

huilerig (Dutch): weepy, prone to crying

Definitions

  1. weepy, prone to crying

Ancestry of “huilerig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutch-erig-y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems
2Dutch-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having
3Middle Dutch-ich-y
4Old Dutch-ig—
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “huilerig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Dutch -ig →
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