Where does “leugenliteratuur” come from?

leugenliteratuur (Dutch) comes from Dutch literatuur, from French littérature, from Latin litterātūra, from Latin littera, from Latin lītera, from Old Latin leitera, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

leugenliteratuur (Dutch): genre of fantastic, rocambolesque literature

Definitions

  1. genre of fantastic, rocambolesque literature

Ancestry of “leugenliteratuur”, step by step

leugenliteratuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch literatuur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchliteratuurliterature
2Frenchlittératureliterature
3Latinlitterātūralettering; alphabet
4Latinlitteraa letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,...
5Latinlītera
6Old Latinleitera
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

via Dutch leugen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchleugena lie
2Middle Dutchlogene
3Old Dutchluginalie, falsehood
4Proto-West Germanic*luginulie, falsehood
5Proto-Germanicluginōlie, falsehood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-Every word from Old Latin leitera