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Where does “oerlelijk” come from?

oerlelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch oer-, from German ur-, from Middle High German ur-, from Old High German ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

oerlelijk (Dutch): extremely ugly, hideous, fugly

Definitions

  1. extremely ugly, hideous, fugly

Ancestry of “oerlelijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchoer-ur-, proto-: primordial, primeval, original;...
2Germanur-ur-; great-; very
3Middle High Germanur-—
4Old High Germanur-thoroughly
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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