Where does “uitdagen” come from?

uitdagen (Dutch) comes from Dutch dagen, from Dutch dag, from Middle Dutch dach, from Old Dutch dag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.

uitdagen (Dutch): to challenge

Definitions

  1. to challenge

Ancestry of “uitdagen”, step by step

uitdagen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dagen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdagento dawn; to light, illuminate, color by lighting;...
2Dutchdagday; daytime; !
3Middle Dutchdachday
4Old Dutchdagday
5Proto-West Germanicdagday
6Proto-Germanicdagazday; name of the D-rune
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰegʷʰ-to burn; warm, hot

via Dutch uit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitout, from the inside to the outside; out, off;...
2Middle Dutchuut—
3Old Dutchūtoutside
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “uitdagen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- →