Where does “ontbijsteren” come from?

ontbijsteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch ont- -en — Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)".

ontbijsteren (Dutch): to rob by confusing someone

Definitions

  1. to rob by confusing someone

Ancestry of “ontbijsteren”, step by step

ontbijsteren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"

via Dutch bijster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbijsterlost, missing
Every word from Dutch ont- -en