Where does “vermogen” come from?

vermogen (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.

vermogen (Dutch): ability, power, capacity; power; fortune

Definitions

  1. ability, power, capacity; power; fortune

Ancestry of “vermogen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vermogen”

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