Where does “ontzuilen” come from?
ontzuilen (Dutch) comes from Dutch zuil, from Middle Dutch suul, from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic sūli, from Proto-Germanic sūliz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsewl-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱsew- — to scrape, shave, sharpen.
ontzuilen (Dutch): to depillarize, to remove pillars as a form of societal organisation
Definitions
- to depillarize, to remove pillars as a form of societal organisation
Ancestry of “ontzuilen”, step by step
ontzuilen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch zuil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zuil | pillar, support; pillar, institutional... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | suul | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | sūl | pillar |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sūli | pillar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sūliz | beam, post; column, pillar |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsewl- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱsew- | to scrape, shave, sharpen |
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)" |