Where does “onverdienstelijk” come from?
onverdienstelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch verdienstelijk, from Dutch verdienste, from Dutch -st, from Middle Dutch -st, from Old Dutch -ist, from Proto-Germanic -istaz, from Proto-Indo-European -istHos, from Proto-Indo-European -yōs.
onverdienstelijk (Dutch): undeserving, unworthy
Definitions
- undeserving, unworthy
Ancestry of “onverdienstelijk”, step by step
onverdienstelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verdienstelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verdienstelijk | deserving, valuable; useful |
| 2 | Dutch | verdienste | merit |
| 3 | Dutch | -st | appended to the stem of a verb, this suffix... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | -st | Forms the superlative of adjectives; -est |
| 5 | Old Dutch | -ist | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -istaz | -est |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -istHos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yōs | Forms adjectives from roots, meaning "very" or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yoss | — |
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-) |