Where does “onderhorige” come from?

onderhorige (Dutch) comes from Dutch onderhorig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

onderhorige (Dutch): subordinate

Definitions

  1. subordinate

Ancestry of “onderhorige”, step by step

onderhorige traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch onderhorig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonderhorigsubject, subservient, subordinate
2Dutch-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having
3Middle Dutch-ich-y
4Old Dutch-ig
5Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
6Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
7Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Dutch e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutche
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Proto-Germanic -gazEvery word from Dutch -ig