Where does “ontbladeren” come from?
ontbladeren (Dutch) comes from Dutch blad, from Middle Dutch blat, from Old Dutch blāt, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
ontbladeren (Dutch): to remove the leaves from a plant, to exfoliate
Definitions
- to remove the leaves from a plant, to exfoliate
Ancestry of “ontbladeren”, step by step
ontbladeren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch blad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | blad | leaf; sheet of paper, leaf; page |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | blat | leaf; page; panel |
| 3 | Old Dutch | blāt | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
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)" |