Where does “opmerking” come from?
opmerking (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.
opmerking (Dutch): remark, observation
Definitions
- remark, observation
Ancestry of “opmerking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | opmerken | to remark, notice |
| 2 | Dutch | merken | to mark; to notice |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | merken | to mark, to put a mark on, to give a mark to; to... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | merken | to mark, to put a mark on |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *markijan | to mark |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markijaną | to mark; to perceive, notice |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |