Where does “stikvervelend” come from?

stikvervelend (Dutch) comes from Dutch stik-, from Dutch stikken, from Middle Dutch sticken, from Old Dutch *sticken, from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan, from Proto-Germanic stikjaną — to stab, stick, prick.

stikvervelend (Dutch): very annoying

Definitions

  1. very annoying

Ancestry of “stikvervelend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstik-Informal intensifying prefix
2Dutchstikkento choke, suffocate; to suffocate, to cause...
3Middle Dutchsticken—
4Old Dutch*stickento stick, to prick
5Proto-West Germanic*stikkjanto stick
6Proto-Germanicstikjanąto stab, stick, prick
Every word from Proto-Germanic stikjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stikkjan →Every word from Old Dutch *sticken →