Where does “ongelijk” come from?
ongelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch gelijk, from Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
ongelijk (Dutch): unequal, different; uneven, rough, bumpy;...
Definitions
- unequal, different; uneven, rough, bumpy;...
Ancestry of “ongelijk”, step by step
ongelijk traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gelijk | equal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gelijc | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gilīk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Old Dutch ungilīk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | ungilīk | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ungalīkaz | dissimilar, different, unlike |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
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-) |