Where does “toegeeflijk” come from?

toegeeflijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch toegeven, from Dutch geven, from Middle Dutch gēven, from Old Dutch gevan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

toegeeflijk (Dutch): lenient, forgiving, permissive, concessive

Definitions

  1. lenient, forgiving, permissive, concessive

Ancestry of “toegeeflijk”, step by step

toegeeflijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch toegeven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtoegevento admit; to concede
2Dutchgevento give
3Middle Dutchgēvento give
4Old Dutchgevanto give
5Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-
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