Where does “zekerstellen” come from?

zekerstellen (Dutch) comes from Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch sikur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.

zekerstellen (Dutch): to verify

Definitions

  1. to verify

Ancestry of “zekerstellen”, step by step

zekerstellen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zeker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzekercertain, sure; confident, secure; confirmed
2Middle Dutchsēker—
3Old Dutchsikur—
4Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
5Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
6Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
7Latinsexsix; 6
8Proto-Italicsekssix
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Dutch stellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstellento position; place; to state, to put forward; to...
2Middle Dutchstellen
3Old Dutchstellen—
4Proto-West Germanicstalljanto put, to place
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate
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