Where does “onderwerping” come from?

onderwerping (Dutch) comes from Dutch onderwerpen, 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.

onderwerping (Dutch): submission; subjection; subjugation

Definitions

  1. submission; subjection; subjugation

Ancestry of “onderwerping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonderwerpento subject
2Dutchonderunder, downwards; under; under, below, beneath,...
3Middle Dutchonder—
4Old Dutchunderunder
5Old Saxonundarunder
6Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
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