Where does “ontteken” come from?

ontteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch teek, from Middle Dutch teke, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

ontteken (Dutch): to detick

Definitions

  1. to detick

Ancestry of “ontteken”, step by step

ontteken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch teek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchteektick
2Middle Dutchteke
3Latinthēcaa case, envelope, sheath
4Ancient Greekθήκηbox, chest; grave, tomb; sword sheath
5Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

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 dʰeh₁-