Where does “waardeloos” come from?

waardeloos (Dutch) comes from Dutch loos, from Middle Dutch loos, from Old Dutch lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic luhsaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

waardeloos (Dutch): worthless

Definitions

  1. worthless

Ancestry of “waardeloos”, step by step

waardeloos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch loos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchloosblank, empty; idle; amiss, wrong, problematic
2Middle Dutchloos—
3Old Dutchlōsdeceitful, malicious, false
4Proto-West Germanic*luhslynx
5Proto-Germanicluhsazlynx
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Dutch waarde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwaardevalue, worth; moral value
2Middle Dutchwerthost; innkeeper; inflection of werden: ##...
3Old Dutchwert—
4Proto-Germanicwerduzhost
5Proto-Germanic(H)uer-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →