Where does “onbeweeglijk” come from?
onbeweeglijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch beweeglijk, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
onbeweeglijk (Dutch): stationary, immobile, motionless; unshakeable,...
Definitions
- stationary, immobile, motionless; unshakeable,...
Ancestry of “onbeweeglijk”, step by step
onbeweeglijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch beweeglijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | beweeglijk | mobile |
| 2 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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-) |