Where does “onderhoudsbezoek” come from?
onderhoudsbezoek (Dutch) comes from Dutch onderhoud, from Dutch onderhouden, from Dutch onder, from Middle Dutch onder, from Old Dutch under, from Old Saxon undar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér — in; in, inside.
onderhoudsbezoek (Dutch): maintenance visit
Ancestry of “onderhoudsbezoek”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | onderhoud | maintenance; overhaul; audience |
| 2 | Dutch | onderhouden | to maintain; to submerge, keep under |
| 3 | Dutch | onder | under, downwards; under; under, below, beneath,... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | onder | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | under | under |
| 6 | Old Saxon | undar | under |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |