Where does “onduidelijk” come from?
onduidelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch duidelijk, from Dutch duiden, from Middle Dutch dieden, from Old Dutch thiuden, from Proto-Germanic þiudijaną, from Proto-Germanic þeudō, from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
onduidelijk (Dutch): unclear; confusing; vague, hazy
Definitions
- unclear; confusing; vague, hazy
Ancestry of “onduidelijk”, step by step
onduidelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch duidelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | duidelijk | clear, precise; obvious, clear; clearly |
| 2 | Dutch | duiden | to point to, refer to, suggest; to explain,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dieden | to explain; to mean, to signify; to tell |
| 4 | Old Dutch | thiuden | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þiudijaną | to associate (with); engage with; attach to; join (with); connect |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
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-) |