Where does “onwettelijk” come from?
onwettelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch wet, from Middle Dutch wet, from Old Dutch witat, from Proto-Germanic witōþą, from Proto-Germanic witōdaz, from Proto-Germanic witōną, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.
onwettelijk (Dutch): unlawful
Definitions
- unlawful
Ancestry of “onwettelijk”, step by step
onwettelijk traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wet | law |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | wet | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | witat | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | witōþą | law; what is known or observed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | witōdaz | past participle of *witōną |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witōną | to know; to destine |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witaną | to know |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Dutch lijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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-) |