Where does “onverstandig” come from?
onverstandig (Dutch) comes from Dutch verstandig, from Dutch verstand, from Dutch verstaan, from Middle Dutch verstaen, from Middle Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ- — out, outward.
onverstandig (Dutch): unwise, insensible
Definitions
- unwise, insensible
Ancestry of “onverstandig”, step by step
onverstandig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verstandig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verstandig | sensible, wise, able-minded |
| 2 | Dutch | verstand | reason, mind, intellect, brains, wit;... |
| 3 | Dutch | verstaan | to understand (language, words), to hear clearly |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | verstaen | to be responsible for; to understand; to hear |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ver- | Forms verbs indicating change away from a state;... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 12 | 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-) |