Where does “vergelijking” come from?

vergelijking (Dutch) comes from Dutch vergelijken, 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.

vergelijking (Dutch): comparison; equation

Definitions

  1. comparison; equation

Ancestry of “vergelijking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvergelijkento compare
2Dutchgelijkequal, like, alike; equal, equivalent;...
3Middle Dutchgelijc—
4Old Dutchgilīk—
5Proto-West Germanicgalīkalike, similar
6Proto-Germanicgalīkazalike, similar; equal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “vergelijking”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic galīkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic galīk →