Where does “schadelijk” come from?

schadelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

schadelijk (Dutch): harmful, damaging, detrimental, pernicious,...

Definitions

  1. harmful, damaging, detrimental, pernicious,...

Ancestry of “schadelijk”, step by step

schadelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Dutch schade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschadedamage, detrimental effect
2Middle DutchschādeA damage, injury, loss
3Old Dutchskatho—
4Proto-West Germanic*skaþōdamage
5Proto-Germanicskaþôdamage, scathe; one who causes damage; injurer
6Proto-Indo-Europeansket-to injure

Words derived from “schadelijk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic līką →Every word from Proto-West Germanic līk →