Where does “onbegaanbaar” come from?
onbegaanbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch begaanbaar, from Dutch begaan, from Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic biginnaną, from Proto-Germanic bi-, from Proto-Germanic bi — on, onto.
onbegaanbaar (Dutch): impracticable, untraversable
Definitions
- impracticable, untraversable
Ancestry of “onbegaanbaar”, step by step
onbegaanbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch begaanbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | begaanbaar | negotiable, traversable |
| 2 | Dutch | begaan | to walk upon, to tread on; to move upon, to... |
| 3 | Middle English | beginnen | start; begin |
| 4 | Old English | beginnan | to begin |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *biginnan | to start, to begin |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | biginnaną | to begin |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bi- | by, at |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | on | rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-) |