Where does “vreesachtig” come from?
vreesachtig (Dutch) comes from Dutch -achtig, from Middle Dutch -achtig, from Middle Dutch -haftig, from Dutch -ig, from Middle Dutch -ich, from Old Dutch -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
vreesachtig (Dutch): apprehensive, timid, fearful
Definitions
- apprehensive, timid, fearful
Ancestry of “vreesachtig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | -achtig | -like, -ish |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | -achtig | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -haftig | — |
| 4 | Dutch | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; -ed, having |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -ich | -y |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -ig | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |