Where does “onvergeeflijk” come from?
onvergeeflijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch vergeeflijk, from Dutch vergeven, from Middle Dutch vergēven, from Old Dutch fargevan, from Proto-Germanic fragebaną, from Proto-Germanic fra-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por- — passed , crossed.
onvergeeflijk (Dutch): unforgivable
Definitions
- unforgivable
Ancestry of “onvergeeflijk”, step by step
onvergeeflijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vergeeflijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vergeeflijk | forgivable |
| 2 | Dutch | vergeven | to forgive; to harm through poison; overrun,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vergēven | to forgive |
| 4 | Old Dutch | fargevan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fragebaną | to give, grant; to forgive |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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-) |