Where does “onverbogen” come from?
onverbogen (Dutch) comes from Dutch verbogen, from Dutch verbuigen, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
onverbogen (Dutch): uninflected
Definitions
- uninflected
Ancestry of “onverbogen”, step by step
onverbogen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verbogen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verbogen | declined |
| 2 | Dutch | verbuigen | to bend; to twist; to decline |
| 3 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 4 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
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-) |