Where does “onvermogen” come from?
onvermogen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vermogen, from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.
onvermogen (Dutch): incapacity, inability
Definitions
- incapacity, inability
Ancestry of “onvermogen”, step by step
onvermogen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vermogen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vermogen | ability, power, capacity; power; fortune |
| 2 | Dutch | ver- | to do or to become what the stem refers to; used... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
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-) |