Where does “ontegenzeggelijk” come from?
ontegenzeggelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch tegenzeggelijk, from Dutch tegenzeggen, from Dutch zeggen, from Middle Dutch seggen, from Old Dutch seggen, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- — to follow; to see; to say.
ontegenzeggelijk (Dutch): indisputable, undeniable, incontrovertible
Definitions
- indisputable, undeniable, incontrovertible
Ancestry of “ontegenzeggelijk”, step by step
ontegenzeggelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch tegenzeggelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | tegenzeggelijk | disputable, deniable, controvertible |
| 2 | Dutch | tegenzeggen | to refute, contradict, dispute |
| 3 | Dutch | zeggen | to say, tell |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | seggen | to say; to tell, to make known; to tell, to... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | seggen | to say |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | saggjan | to say |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sagjaną | to say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷ-h₁-yé- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
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-) |