Where does “onverzettelijkheid” come from?
onverzettelijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch onverzettelijk, 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 — on, onto.
onverzettelijkheid (Dutch): tenacity, intransigence, obduracy
Definitions
- tenacity, intransigence, obduracy
Ancestry of “onverzettelijkheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | onverzettelijk | tenacious, intransigent, obdurate |
| 2 | Dutch | verzetten | to move, to shift to another position; to... |
| 3 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 4 | Dutch | sluieren | — |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |