Where does “vergemakkelijken” come from?
vergemakkelijken (Dutch) comes from Dutch gemakkelijk, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
vergemakkelijken (Dutch): to simplify, facilitate
Definitions
- to simplify, facilitate
Ancestry of “vergemakkelijken”, step by step
vergemakkelijken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch gemakkelijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | gemakkelijk | easy; easily |
| 2 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | 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)" |