Where does “ouderwets” come from?

ouderwets (Dutch) comes from Dutch wet, from Middle Dutch wet, from Old Dutch witat, from Proto-Germanic witōþą, from Proto-Germanic witōdaz, from Proto-Germanic witōną, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.

ouderwets (Dutch): old-fashioned

Definitions

  1. old-fashioned

Ancestry of “ouderwets”, step by step

ouderwets traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwetlaw
2Middle Dutchwet—
3Old Dutchwitat—
4Proto-Germanicwitōþąlaw; what is known or observed
5Proto-Germanicwitōdazpast participle of *witōną
6Proto-Germanicwitōnąto know; to destine
7Proto-Germanicwitanąto know
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Dutch oud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchoudold
2Middle Dutchoutold
3Old Dutchald—
4Proto-West Germanicaldold
5Proto-Germanicaldazold, grown up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eltós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Germanic witaną →