Where does “smetvrees” come from?
smetvrees (Dutch) comes from Dutch vrees, from Middle Dutch vrêse, from Old Dutch frēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *fraisu, from Proto-Germanic fraisō — danger, peril, risk.
smetvrees (Dutch): mysophobia, germophobia
Ancestry of “smetvrees”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | vrees | fear, apprehension, angst |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vrêse | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | frēsa | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fraisu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fraisō | danger, peril, risk |