Where does “ontbelgen” come from?

ontbelgen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Belg, from Latin Belgae, from Proto-Celtic bolg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- — to bulge, swell.

ontbelgen (Dutch): to take away someone's Belgianness

Definitions

  1. to take away someone's Belgianness

Ancestry of “ontbelgen”, step by step

ontbelgen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Belg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchBelgBelgian
2LatinBelgaethe Belgians; Belgians
3Proto-Celticbolg-to swell
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰelgʰ-to bulge, swell

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰelgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bolg- →Every word from Latin Belgae →
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