Where does “ontkorrelen” come from?

ontkorrelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch korrel, from Middle Dutch corle.

ontkorrelen (Dutch): to gin, to remove seeds

Definitions

  1. to gin, to remove seeds

Ancestry of “ontkorrelen”, step by step

ontkorrelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch korrel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkorrela grain, a pellet
2Middle Dutchcorle—

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 Middle Dutch corle →