Where does “neerleggen” come from?

neerleggen (Dutch) comes from Dutch neer, from Dutch neder, from Middle Dutch neder, from Old Dutch nither, from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic niþer, from Proto-Indo-European niter.

neerleggen (Dutch): to lay down; to resign oneself

Definitions

  1. to lay down; to resign oneself

Ancestry of “neerleggen”, step by step

neerleggen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch neer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchneerdown, downwards
2Dutchnederdown; low-
3Middle Dutchnederdown, downwards; down low; below, beneath
4Old Dutchnitherdown
5Proto-West Germanic*niþerdown, downwards
6Proto-Germanicniþerdown, downwards
7Proto-Indo-Europeanniter—

via Dutch leggen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchleggento lay; Alternative form of liggen
2Middle Dutchleggento lay (down), to place
3Old Dutchleggento lay, to place
4Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “neerleggen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European niter →Every word from Proto-Germanic niþer →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *niþer →