Where does “oneigenlijk” come from?
oneigenlijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch eigenlijk, from Dutch eigen, from Middle Dutch eigen, from Old Dutch eigan, from Proto-West Germanic aigan, from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eh₂óyḱe, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyḱ- — to possess, to own.
oneigenlijk (Dutch): figurative
Definitions
- figurative
Ancestry of “oneigenlijk”, step by step
oneigenlijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch eigenlijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | eigenlijk | actual; actually, really, in reality |
| 2 | Dutch | eigen | own; self |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | eigen | to receive; to be required to have, to be owed;... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | eigan | to own |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aigan | to possess, to own, to have; own |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *aiganą | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eh₂óyḱe | to possess, to own |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyḱ- | to possess, to own |
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-) |