Where does “onheilspellend” come from?

onheilspellend (Dutch) comes from Dutch onheil, 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.

onheilspellend (Dutch): ominous

Definitions

  1. ominous

Ancestry of “onheilspellend”, step by step

onheilspellend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch onheil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonheilmisfortune, disaster
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

via Dutch spellend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspellend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne
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