Where does “onwettelijkheid” come from?
onwettelijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch wettelijk, 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 — to see.
onwettelijkheid (Dutch): unlawfulness, illegality
Definitions
- unlawfulness, illegality
Ancestry of “onwettelijkheid”, step by step
onwettelijkheid traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wettelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wettelijk | legal; legally |
| 2 | Dutch | wet | law |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | wet | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | witat | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | witōþą | law; what is known or observed |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witōdaz | past participle of *witōną |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witōną | to know; to destine |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | witaną | to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Dutch heid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heid | — |
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-) |