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Where does “verlenging” come from?

verlenging (Dutch) comes from Dutch verlengen, 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- — out, outward.

verlenging (Dutch): extension; extra time

Definitions

  1. extension; extra time

Ancestry of “verlenging”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchverlengento extend, lengthen; to protract, delay
2Dutchver-to do or to become what the stem refers to; used...
3Middle Dutcher-—
4Old Dutchur-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
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