Where does “renegeren” come from?

renegeren (Dutch) comes from Latin renegō, from Latin negō, from Latin nec, from Latin neque, from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.

renegeren (Dutch): to renounce one's belief, renege

Definitions

  1. to renounce one's belief, renege

Ancestry of “renegeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrenegō—
2Latinnegōto deny
3Latinnecnor; and not, not; neither
4Latinnequenot; and not, also not
5Proto-Indo-Europeannekʷeand not, neither, nor
6Proto-Indo-Europeannenot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ne →Every word from Proto-Indo-European nekʷe →Every word from Latin neque →