Where does “onveilig” come from?
onveilig (Dutch) comes from Dutch veilig, from Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-West Germanic *failī — true, friendly, familiar, good.
onveilig (Dutch): unsafe
Definitions
- unsafe
Ancestry of “onveilig”, step by step
onveilig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch veilig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | veilig | safe; safely |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | veilich | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *failī | true, friendly, familiar, good |
via Dutch on
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | on | rarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-) |