Where does “onverkoopbaar” come from?
onverkoopbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch verkoopbaar, from Dutch -baar, from Middle Dutch -bāer, from Old Saxon -bāri, from Proto-Germanic bēriz — bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to...
onverkoopbaar (Dutch): unsaleable, unsellable
Definitions
- unsaleable, unsellable
Ancestry of “onverkoopbaar”, step by step
onverkoopbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verkoopbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verkoopbaar | saleable, sellable |
| 2 | Dutch | -baar | -able, indicates an action can be performed |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -bāer | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -bāri | suffix meaning bearing, having |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bēriz | bearable, fruitful, viable; pertaining to... |
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-) |