Where does “rekkelijkheid” come from?
rekkelijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch rekkelijk, from Dutch rekken, from Middle Dutch recken, from Old Dutch recken, from Proto-West Germanic rakkjan, from Proto-Germanic rakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃roǵéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
rekkelijkheid (Dutch): flexibility, leeway
Definitions
- flexibility, leeway
Ancestry of “rekkelijkheid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rekkelijk | flexible |
| 2 | Dutch | rekken | to stretch; to prolong; plural of rek |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | recken | to stretch, to reach out; to stretch; to govern,... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | recken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rakkjan | to stretch, to straighten |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rakjaną | to stretch, to straighten |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃roǵéyeti | to straighten, to make straight, to cause to be... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |