Where does “ontwaarden” come from?
ontwaarden (Dutch) comes from Dutch waarde, from Middle Dutch wert, from Old Dutch wert, from Proto-Germanic werduz, from Proto-Germanic (H)uer-.
ontwaarden (Dutch): to devalue
Definitions
- to devalue
Ancestry of “ontwaarden”, step by step
ontwaarden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch waarde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waarde | value, worth; moral value |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wert | host; innkeeper; inflection of werden: ##... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | wert | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werduz | host |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | (H)uer- | — |
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)" |