Where does “onfeilbaar” come from?
onfeilbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch feilbaar, from Dutch feilen, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
onfeilbaar (Dutch): infallible
Definitions
- infallible
Ancestry of “onfeilbaar”, step by step
onfeilbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch feilbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | feilbaar | fallible |
| 2 | Dutch | feilen | to fail |
| 3 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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-) |