Where does “onderlichaam” come from?
onderlichaam (Dutch) comes from Dutch onder, from Middle Dutch onder, from Old Dutch under, from Old Saxon undar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
onderlichaam (Dutch): lower body
Definitions
- lower body
Ancestry of “onderlichaam”, step by step
onderlichaam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch onder
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | onder | under, downwards; under; under, below, beneath,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | onder | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | under | under |
| 4 | Old Saxon | undar | under |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | under | among, between; under, beneath; under |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |
via Dutch lichaam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lichaam | body; legal body, organisation such as a... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lichame | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lichamo | body |
| 4 | Frankish | likhamo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līkahamô | the human body; bodily frame; corpse |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hamô | cover, skin; clothes, skirt, fishnet; harness,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱem- | to cover, conceal; hornless |