Where does “ontwrichten” come from?

ontwrichten (Dutch) comes from Dutch gewricht, from Middle Dutch gewrechte.

ontwrichten (Dutch): to dislocate; to disorganize, to paralyze

Definitions

  1. to dislocate; to disorganize, to paralyze

Ancestry of “ontwrichten”, step by step

ontwrichten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gewricht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgewrichtjoint
2Middle Dutchgewrechte—

via Dutch ont- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchont- -enForms transitive verbs from nouns, meaning "to remove (noun) from, to rid of (noun), to de-(noun)"
Every word from Middle Dutch gewrechte →