Where does “verfijnen” come from?

verfijnen (Dutch) comes from Dutch fijn, from Middle Dutch fijn, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.

verfijnen (Dutch): to refine

Definitions

  1. to refine

Ancestry of “verfijnen”, step by step

verfijnen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch fijn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfijnnice, pleasant; fine, thin; delicate, meticulous
2Middle Dutchfijnfine
3Old Frenchfinfine, delicate
4Latinfīnisend
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰnh₂-—

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"

Words derived from “verfijnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂- →Every word from Latin fīnis →Every word from Old French fin →