Where does “weglatingsteken” come from?
weglatingsteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch weglating, from Dutch weglaten, from Dutch laten, from Middle Dutch laten, from Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.
weglatingsteken (Dutch): apostrophe
Ancestry of “weglatingsteken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | weglating | omission, deletion |
| 2 | Dutch | weglaten | to omit |
| 3 | Dutch | laten | to leave, to cause to remain in the same position... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | laten | to leave, to cause to remain in the same position... |
| 5 | Old Dutch | lātan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |