Where does “verdikken” come from?
verdikken (Dutch) comes from Dutch dik, from Middle Dutch dicke, from Middle Dutch -e, from Old Dutch -i, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
verdikken (Dutch): to thicken, to become thicker, more viscous; to...
Definitions
- to thicken, to become thicker, more viscous; to...
Ancestry of “verdikken”, step by step
verdikken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dik | thick; fat; fatly, thickly |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | dicke | thick, fat; thick, viscous; dense |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -e | Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives,... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -i | ness, -th |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Dutch ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver- -en | Forms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)" |