Where does “ontgraten” come from?

ontgraten (Dutch) comes from Dutch graat, from Middle Dutch graet, from Latin gradus, from Proto-Italic graðus, from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ-.

ontgraten (Dutch): to bone, to remove fishbones

Definitions

  1. to bone, to remove fishbones

Ancestry of “ontgraten”, step by step

ontgraten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch graat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgraatfishbone
2Middle Dutchgraet—
3Latingradusa step, pace; a stage, degree; a rank
4Proto-Italicgraðus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰradʰ-—

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰradʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic graðus →Every word from Latin gradus →