Where does “onverzettelijk” come from?
onverzettelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch verzetten, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz — on, onto.
onverzettelijk (Dutch): tenacious, intransigent, obdurate
Definitions
- tenacious, intransigent, obdurate
Ancestry of “onverzettelijk”, step by step
onverzettelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verzetten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verzetten | to move, to shift to another position; to... |
| 2 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 3 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 4 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 6 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
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-) |