Where does “vragelijk” come from?

vragelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch vraag, from Middle Dutch vrage, from Old Dutch *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

vragelijk (Dutch): questionable; dubious

Definitions

  1. questionable; dubious

Ancestry of “vragelijk”, step by step

vragelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vraag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvraagquestion, query; question, issue, problem;...
2Middle Dutchvragequestion
3Old Dutch*frāga—
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via Dutch lijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlijkThe dead but otherwise intact body of a human or...
2Middle Dutchlijc—
3Old Dutchlīk—
4Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →