Where does “ontharen” come from?
ontharen (Dutch) comes from Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
ontharen (Dutch): to remove the hair from, to depilate
Definitions
- to remove the hair from, to depilate
Ancestry of “ontharen”, step by step
ontharen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch haar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | haar | Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun:... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hâer | her |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hiro | genitive/dative of siu |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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)" |