Where does “ontlijken” come from?
ontlijken (Dutch) comes from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
ontlijken (Dutch): to no longer resemble, to not appear as before
Definitions
- to no longer resemble, to not appear as before
Ancestry of “ontlijken”, step by step
ontlijken traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch lijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Dutch lijken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lijken | to seem, appear; to look like, resemble; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | liken | Alternative form of geliken; to please, to like |
| 3 | Old Dutch | līcon | to please |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | līkēn | to be pleasing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līkāną | to conform, to be of an agreeable kind; to... |
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)" |