Where does “zedelijk” come from?
zedelijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch zede, from Dutch zieden, from Middle Dutch sieden, from Old Dutch siethan, from Proto-West Germanic seuþan, from Proto-Germanic seuþaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂sewt- — to roil; to move about, roil, seethe.
zedelijk (Dutch): moral
Definitions
- moral
Ancestry of “zedelijk”, step by step
zedelijk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch zede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | zede | a norms or habit practiced by a certain people... |
| 2 | Dutch | zieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling; to seethe, to be... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | sieden | to boil; to prepare by boiling |
| 4 | Old Dutch | siethan | to boil |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | seuþan | to seethe, to boil |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |