Where does “onbestaanbaar” come from?
onbestaanbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch bestaanbaar, from Dutch bestaan, from Dutch recht, from Middle Dutch recht, from Old Dutch reht, from Proto-West Germanic reht, from Proto-Germanic rehtaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵtós — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
onbestaanbaar (Dutch): impossible, not able to exist; impossible,...
Definitions
- impossible, not able to exist; impossible,...
Ancestry of “onbestaanbaar”, step by step
onbestaanbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bestaanbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bestaanbaar | able to exist, existing or capable of existing |
| 2 | Dutch | bestaan | to exist, to be; to consist, to be made;... |
| 3 | Dutch | recht | right; straight; a right, privilege |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | recht | straight, not bent; upright; right, exact |
| 5 | Old Dutch | reht | right |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | reht | straight; right, correct; morally upright, just |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rehtaz | right, straight; morally upright, just |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵtós | straightened, right, upright |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
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-) |