Where does “ondervragen” come from?

ondervragen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vragen, from Middle Dutch vrâgen, from Old Saxon fragon, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

ondervragen (Dutch): to interrogate, to question

Definitions

  1. to interrogate, to question

Ancestry of “ondervragen”, step by step

ondervragen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vragen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvragento ask; to demand, exact; to require, need
2Middle Dutchvrâgento ask
3Old Saxonfragonto ask, demand
4Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
5Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
6Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Dutch onder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonderunder, downwards; under; under, below, beneath,...
2Middle Dutchonder—
3Old Dutchunderunder
4Old Saxonundarunder
5Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “ondervragen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →
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