Where does “ontweiden” come from?
ontweiden (Dutch) comes from Dutch geweide — the whole of meadows; intestines.
ontweiden (Dutch): to disembowel
Definitions
- to disembowel
Ancestry of “ontweiden”, step by step
ontweiden traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch geweide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | geweide | the whole of meadows; intestines |
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)" |