Where does “verhevigen” come from?
verhevigen (Dutch) comes from Dutch hevig, from Middle Dutch hevich, from Old Dutch hevig, from Proto-West Germanic habīg, from Proto-Germanic habīgaz, from Indo-European *kap-.
verhevigen (Dutch): to intensify
Definitions
- to intensify
Ancestry of “verhevigen”, step by step
verhevigen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch hevig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hevig | violent, intense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hevich | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hevig | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | habīg | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | habīgaz | heavy, weighty; grave, severe |
| 6 | Indo-European | *kap- | — |
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)" |