Where does “vergelijken” come from?
vergelijken (Dutch) comes from Dutch gelijk, from Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic galīk, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
vergelijken (Dutch): to compare
Definitions
- to compare
Ancestry of “vergelijken”, step by step
vergelijken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gelijk | equal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | gelijc | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | gilīk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | galīk | alike, similar |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | galīkaz | alike, similar; equal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
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)" |