Where does “verkneukelen” come from?
verkneukelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch kneukel.
verkneukelen (Dutch): to wring one's hands together with pleasure, to...
Definitions
- to wring one's hands together with pleasure, to...
Ancestry of “verkneukelen”, step by step
verkneukelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kneukel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kneukel | — |
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)" |