Where does “vergismoord” come from?

vergismoord (Dutch) comes from Dutch vergissen, from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz — on, onto.

vergismoord (Dutch): the killing of somebody other than the intended...

Definitions

  1. the killing of somebody other than the intended...

Ancestry of “vergismoord”, step by step

vergismoord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vergissen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvergissenTo make a mistake
2Dutchverfar
3Dutchsluierento veil, to cover with a veil
4Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
5Middle Dutchendeand; end
6Old Dutchendiend
7Proto-West Germanicandīend
8Proto-Germanicandijazend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Dutch moord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmoordmurder
2Middle Dutchmort
3Old Dutchmorthmurder
4Old Englishmorþdeath, crime; murder
5Old Norsemorðmurder
6Proto-Germanicmurþądeath; killing, murder
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmr̥tósdead; mortal
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos