Where does “vlijt” come from?

vlijt (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vlijt, from Old Dutch flīt, from Proto-West Germanic flīt, from Proto-Germanic flītaz.

vlijt (Dutch): diligence

Definitions

  1. diligence

Ancestry of “vlijt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvlijt—
2Old Dutchflīt—
3Proto-West Germanicflīt—
4Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “vlijt”

Every word from Proto-Germanic flītaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic flīt →Every word from Old Dutch flīt →
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