Where does “onvoorspelbaar” come from?
onvoorspelbaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch voorspelbaar, from Dutch voorspellen, from Dutch voor, from Middle Dutch vōre, from Old Dutch furh, from Proto-West Germanic furh, from Proto-Germanic furhs, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- — passed , crossed.
onvoorspelbaar (Dutch): unpredictable
Definitions
- unpredictable
Ancestry of “onvoorspelbaar”, step by step
onvoorspelbaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch voorspelbaar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | voorspelbaar | predictable |
| 2 | Dutch | voorspellen | to predict, foresee, foretell, forespell |
| 3 | Dutch | voor | for; before; in front of |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vōre | before, in front of |
| 5 | Old Dutch | furh | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | furh | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furhs | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
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-) |