Where does “opgeilen” come from?

opgeilen (Dutch) comes from Dutch geil, from Middle Dutch gheil, from Old Dutch geil, from Proto-West Germanic gail, from Proto-Germanic gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰoylos — frothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton;...

opgeilen (Dutch): to make horny

Definitions

  1. to make horny

Ancestry of “opgeilen”, step by step

opgeilen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch geil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgeilvoluptuous, lusty; horny, lusting, randy,...
2Middle Dutchgheil
3Old Dutchgeil
4Proto-West Germanicgailwanton; lustful
5Proto-Germanicgailazmerry, excited, lush, beautiful, lustful
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰoylosfrothing, arrogant, tempestuous, violent, wanton;...

via Dutch op- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchop- -enForms transitive verbs, mostly from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective), to (adjective)-ify"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰoylos