Where does “wettelijk” come from?

wettelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch wet, from Middle Dutch wet, from Old Dutch witat, from Proto-Germanic witōþą, from Proto-Germanic witōdaz, from Proto-Germanic witōną, from Proto-Germanic witaną, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde — to see.

wettelijk (Dutch): legal; legally

Definitions

  1. legal; legally

Ancestry of “wettelijk”, step by step

wettelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwetlaw
2Middle Dutchwet—
3Old Dutchwitat—
4Proto-Germanicwitōþąlaw; what is known or observed
5Proto-Germanicwitōdazpast participle of *witōną
6Proto-Germanicwitōnąto know; to destine
7Proto-Germanicwitanąto know
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

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

Words derived from “wettelijk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →