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Where does “ontkentenis” come from?

ontkentenis (Dutch) comes from Dutch ontkennen, from Dutch ont-, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.

ontkentenis (Dutch): denial of a charge, claim or fact in a legal...

Definitions

  1. denial of a charge, claim or fact in a legal...

Ancestry of “ontkentenis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchontkennento deny
2Dutchont-un-, de-; Forms inchoative verbs, indicating that...
3Dutch-enForms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem...
4Middle Dutch-enThe ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used...
5Old Dutch-en—
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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