Where does “onzedelijk” come from?

onzedelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch zedelijk, from Dutch zede, from Dutch zieden, from Middle Dutch sieden, from Old Dutch siethan, from Proto-West Germanic seuþan, from Proto-Germanic seuþaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt- — to roil; to move about, roil, seethe.

onzedelijk (Dutch): immoral

Definitions

  1. immoral

Ancestry of “onzedelijk”, step by step

onzedelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zedelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzedelijkmoral
2Dutchzedea norms or habit practiced by a certain people...
3Dutchziedento boil; to prepare by boiling; to seethe, to be...
4Middle Dutchsiedento boil; to prepare by boiling
5Old Dutchsiethanto boil
6Proto-West Germanicseuþanto seethe, to boil
7Proto-Germanicseuþanąto seethe; boil
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂sewt-to roil; to move about, roil, seethe

via Dutch on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchonrarely used as shorthand for oneven (odd), the prefix on- means not (corresponds to English un-)

Words derived from “onzedelijk

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt-