Where does “ooglijk” come from?
ooglijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch ogen, from Old Dutch ôgen, from Proto-Germanic augijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ooglijk (Dutch): attractive, sightly, aesthetically pleasing
Definitions
- attractive, sightly, aesthetically pleasing
Ancestry of “ooglijk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ogen | to look, to appear; to look intensely; to see, to... |
| 2 | Old Dutch | ôgen | to show |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | augijaną | to show, display, cause to see |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |