Where does “onredelijk” come from?
onredelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch redelijk, from Dutch rede, from Middle Dutch rêde, from Old Dutch retha, from Proto-West Germanic *raþ(þ)jā, from Proto-Germanic raþjǭ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
onredelijk (Dutch): unreasonable, groundless
Definitions
- unreasonable, groundless
Ancestry of “onredelijk”, step by step
onredelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch redelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | redelijk | reasonable; reasonably, fairly, rather |
| 2 | Dutch | rede | reason; address, discourse; A place to anchor,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rêde | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | retha | address, discourse, speech |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *raþ(þ)jā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | raþjǭ | account, reasoning |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
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-) |