Where does “vlijtig” come from?

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

vlijtig (Dutch): diligent, assiduous

Definitions

  1. diligent, assiduous

Ancestry of “vlijtig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvlijtdiligence
2Middle Dutchvlijt—
3Old Dutchflīt—
4Proto-West Germanicflīt—
5Proto-Germanicflītaz—

Words derived from “vlijtig”

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