Where does “misselijkheid” come from?
misselijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch misselijk, from Middle Dutch misselijc, from Old Dutch missilīk, from Proto-Germanic missalīkaz, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
misselijkheid (Dutch): nausea; vileness
Ancestry of “misselijkheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | misselijk | nauseous, nauseated, having the urge to vomit |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | misselijc | different, various; diverse, varied, motley;... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | missilīk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | missalīkaz | diverse, various |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -līkaz | -like, -ly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |