Where does “ontvlezen” come from?

ontvlezen (Dutch) comes from Dutch ont- -en — Forms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)".

ontvlezen (Dutch): to remove the meat of

Definitions

  1. to remove the meat of

Ancestry of “ontvlezen”, step by step

ontvlezen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"

via Dutch vless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvless
Every word from Dutch ont- -en