Where does “wenselijkheid” come from?
wenselijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch wenselijk, from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic līk, from Proto-Germanic līką, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
wenselijkheid (Dutch): desirability
Definitions
- desirability
Ancestry of “wenselijkheid”, step by step
wenselijkheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch wenselijk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wenselijk | desirable |
| 2 | Dutch | lijk | The dead but otherwise intact body of a human or... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | lijc | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | līk | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | līk | body |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | līką | body; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |
via Dutch heid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | heid | — |