Where does “ontweldigen” come from?
ontweldigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch geweldig, from Middle Dutch geweldich, from Old Dutch giweldig, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
ontweldigen (Dutch): to take away by force, to plunder
Definitions
- to take away by force, to plunder
Ancestry of “ontweldigen”, step by step
ontweldigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch geweldig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | geweldig | tremendous, enormous |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | geweldich | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | giweldig | powerful |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -ig | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
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)" |