Where does “onmiskenbaar” come from?

onmiskenbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch miskennen, from Dutch kennen, from Middle Dutch kennen, from Old Dutch kennen, from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

onmiskenbaar (Dutch): unmistakable

Definitions

  1. unmistakable

Ancestry of “onmiskenbaar”, step by step

onmiskenbaar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch miskennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmiskennento fail to acknowledge
2Dutchkennento know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with, to have knowledge of the properties of a particular person, object or concept, through personal experience, teaching, practice, or habit; to be familiar with
3Middle Dutchkennento know, to be familiar with; to recognise, to...
4Old Dutchkennento know, to be aware of
5Proto-West Germanickannijanto know, to be aware of
6Proto-Germanickannijanąto make known
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥néh₃tito know, recognize
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Dutch baar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchbaarA bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to...
2Middle Dutchbârebier, stretcher
3Old Dutchbāra
4Proto-Albanianbārā
5Proto-Germanicbazazbare, naked
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰosósbare, barefoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰos-to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-
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