Where does “opmerkelijk” come from?

opmerkelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch opmerken, from Dutch merken, from Middle Dutch merken, from Old Dutch merken, from Proto-West Germanic *markijan, from Proto-Germanic markijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

opmerkelijk (Dutch): remarkable

Definitions

  1. remarkable

Ancestry of “opmerkelijk”, step by step

opmerkelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch opmerken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchopmerkento remark, notice
2Dutchmerkento mark; to notice
3Middle Dutchmerkento mark, to put a mark on, to give a mark to; to...
4Old Dutchmerkento mark, to put a mark on
5Proto-West Germanic*markijanto mark
6Proto-Germanicmarkijanąto mark; to perceive, notice
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc
3Old Dutchlīk
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Chichewa iye