Where does “vergiftigen” come from?
vergiftigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch giftig, from Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, from Old Dutch gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
vergiftigen (Dutch): to poison
Definitions
- to poison
Ancestry of “vergiftigen”, step by step
vergiftigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch giftig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | giftig | poisonous, venomous, toxic |
| 2 | Dutch | gift | donation; something given voluntarily; poison;... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | gift | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | gift | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *gifti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | giftiz | giving, gift |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
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)" |