Where does “ontvellen” come from?
ontvellen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vel, from Middle Dutch vel, from Old Dutch fel, from Proto-West Germanic *fell, from Proto-Germanic fellą, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
ontvellen (Dutch): to flay, to remove skin
Definitions
- to flay, to remove skin
Ancestry of “ontvellen”, step by step
ontvellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vel | A skin, a hide; A fur, a pelt; A sheet |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vel | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fel | skin, hide |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fell | skin, hide |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fellą | skin, hide |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
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)" |