Where does “ontgassen” come from?
ontgassen (Dutch) comes from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.
ontgassen (Dutch): to degas
Definitions
- to degas
Ancestry of “ontgassen”, step by step
ontgassen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 3 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |
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)" |