Where does “ontbalken” come from?
ontbalken (Dutch) comes from Dutch balk, from Middle Dutch balke, from Old Dutch balco, from Proto-West Germanic balkō, from Proto-Germanic balkô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵ- — to balk, beam.
ontbalken (Dutch): to unbar, remove a bar to unlock a door
Definitions
- to unbar, remove a bar to unlock a door
Ancestry of “ontbalken”, step by step
ontbalken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch balk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | balk | A beam, solid support; A cuboid; A section, icon... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | balke | beam |
| 3 | Old Dutch | balco | beam, log |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | balkō | beam, balk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | balkô | beam, balk |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵ- | to balk, beam |
via Dutch ont- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ont- -en | Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)" |