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Where does “voorwaardelijk” come from?

voorwaardelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch voorwaarde, from Middle Dutch voorwaerde, from Middle Dutch vōre, from Old Dutch furh, from Proto-West Germanic furh, from Proto-Germanic furhs, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

voorwaardelijk (Dutch): conditional

Definitions

  1. conditional

Ancestry of “voorwaardelijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvoorwaardecondition, requirement
2Middle Dutchvoorwaerde—
3Middle Dutchvōre—
4Old Dutchfurh—
5Proto-West Germanicfurhfurrow
6Proto-Germanicfurhsfurrow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanperḱ-colored; motley; to open, rip up
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “voorwaardelijk”

  • onvoorwaardelijk
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