Where does “onkwetsbaar” come from?
onkwetsbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch kwetsbaar, from Dutch kwetsen, from Middle Dutch quetsen, from Old Dutch quezzon, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
onkwetsbaar (Dutch): invulnerable
Ancestry of “onkwetsbaar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | kwetsbaar | vulnerable |
| 2 | Dutch | kwetsen | to hurt; to wound, to injure; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | quetsen | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | quezzon | — |
| 5 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 6 | Latin | quassō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |