Where does “ontzeilen” come from?
ontzeilen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Zeilen, from Dutch zeil, from Middle Dutch seil, from Old Dutch segil, from Proto-West Germanic segl, from Proto-Germanic seglą, from Proto-Germanic siglą.
ontzeilen (Dutch): to escape by sailing
Definitions
- to escape by sailing
Ancestry of “ontzeilen”, step by step
ontzeilen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Zeilen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Zeilen | Vela |
| 2 | Dutch | zeil | sail; tarpaulin, tarp |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | seil | sail |
| 4 | Old Dutch | segil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | segl | sail |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | seglą | sheet; sail |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | siglą | — |
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)" |