Where does “ontgiften” come from?
ontgiften (Dutch) comes from Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, from Old Dutch gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
ontgiften (Dutch): to detoxify
Definitions
- to detoxify
Ancestry of “ontgiften”, step by step
ontgiften traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gift
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gift | donation; something given voluntarily; poison;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gift | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gift | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *gifti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | giftiz | giving, gift |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
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)" |