Where does “onvervaard” come from?
onvervaard (Dutch) comes from Dutch vervaard, from Dutch vervaren, from Middle Dutch vervāren, from Middle Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
onvervaard (Dutch): fearless, bold
Definitions
- fearless, bold
Ancestry of “onvervaard”, step by step
onvervaard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vervaard
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vervaard | afraid, perturbed |
| 2 | Dutch | vervaren | to transport by sailing; to sail; to fear, to be... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vervāren | to go away, to leave |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ver- | Forms verbs indicating change away from a state;... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | 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-) |