Where does “wettelijkheid” come from?

wettelijkheid (Dutch) comes from Dutch wettelijk, 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 — to see.

wettelijkheid (Dutch): lawfulness, legality

Definitions

  1. lawfulness, legality

Ancestry of “wettelijkheid”, step by step

wettelijkheid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wettelijk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwettelijklegal; legally
2Dutchwetlaw
3Middle Dutchwet
4Old Dutchwitat
5Proto-Germanicwitōþąlaw; what is known or observed
6Proto-Germanicwitōdazpast participle of *witōną
7Proto-Germanicwitōnąto know; to destine
8Proto-Germanicwitanąto know
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Dutch heid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchheid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-