Where does “ondicht” come from?
ondicht (Dutch) comes from Dutch dicht, from Middle Dutch dicht, from Old Dutch thīht, from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European tenkt-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.
ondicht (Dutch): prose; work of prose
Definitions
- prose; work of prose
Ancestry of “ondicht”, step by step
ondicht traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dicht | thick, tight, dense; close; closed, shut |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dicht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | thīht | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *þį̄ht(ī) | tight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þinhtaz | tight |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkt- | dense, thick, tight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |
via Plautdietsch dicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | dicht | dense |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dicht | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | dichten | to compose a poem |
| 4 | Latin | dictō | to repeat, say often |
via Dutch on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | on | rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-) |