Where does “verknoeien” come from?
verknoeien (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver-, from Middle Dutch er-, from Old Dutch ur-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.
verknoeien (Dutch): to mess up, to botch
Ancestry of “verknoeien”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | ver- | to do or to become what the stem refers to; used... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | er- | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | ur- | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |