Where does “onmannelijk” come from?

onmannelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch mannelijk, from Middle Dutch manlijc.

onmannelijk (Dutch): unmanly

Definitions

  1. unmanly

Ancestry of “onmannelijk”, step by step

onmannelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mannelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmannelijkmasculine; male; manly
2Middle Dutchmanlijc—

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Middle Dutch manlijc →Every word from Dutch mannelijk →