Where does “verrekken” come from?
verrekken (Dutch) comes from Dutch ver, from Dutch sluieren, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos — on, onto.
verrekken (Dutch): to overstretch; to pull; to refuse to do
Definitions
- to overstretch; to pull; to refuse to do
Ancestry of “verrekken”, step by step
verrekken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ver | far |
| 2 | Dutch | sluieren | to veil, to cover with a veil |
| 3 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 5 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Dutch rekken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rekken | to stretch; to prolong; plural of rek |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | recken | to stretch, to reach out; to stretch; to govern,... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | recken | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rakkjan | to stretch, to straighten |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rakjaną | to stretch, to straighten |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃roǵéyeti | to straighten, to make straight, to cause to be... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |