Where does “ongeletterdheid” come from?

ongeletterdheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch ongeletterd, from Dutch on-, from Middle Dutch on-, from Old Dutch un-, from Proto-West Germanic un-, from Proto-Germanic un-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

ongeletterdheid (Dutch): illiteracy

Definitions

  1. illiteracy

Ancestry of “ongeletterdheid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchongeletterdilliterate
2Dutchon-un-, in-; on, without
3Middle Dutchon-un-, in-
4Old Dutchun-—
5Proto-West Germanicun-not, un-
6Proto-Germanicun-not, un-
7Proto-Indo-Europeann̥-not, un-
8Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European n̥- →Every word from Dutch on- →
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