Dutch words first recorded in the 13th century

It is inherited from Middle Dutch halen, inherited from Old Dutch *halon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *halōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *halōn-. The same verb is Old Saxon halōn (Middle…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch keer, a noun formed from the verb keren “to turn”. The same formation is Middle Low German kēr, Old High German kēr (“turn”) and Old English ċierr (“turn, time…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch crîghen, inherited from Old Dutch *crīgan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krīgan (“to strive, struggle”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *krīganą. In Middle…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch noit, also noint, probably formed from Dutch n- + ooit, with the negative particle of nee. The EWN and Heeroma think it was formed on the model of pairs such as…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch oit, a word found only in Dutch, whose origin is not settled. It is usually explained as a compound whose first part is Proto-Germanic *aiw- (“always, ever”), which…

The noun is inherited from Middle Dutch pas, borrowed from Old French pas (“step”), Latin passus (“step, pace”), literally the spreading of the legs, from the past participle of Latin pandō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch verkeert (“twisted; perverse”), the past participle of verkeren in its sense “to turn round, change for the worse”, so literally “changed for the worse, gone…

It is from Dutch voor + dat, a compound of the preposition and the conjunction. It goes back to a phrase with the dative of the demonstrative between them, Middle Dutch vore dien dat “before that…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch paer, borrowed from Latin pār (“a pair; an equal”), the noun use of the adjective pār (“equal”), whose further origin is unknown. The same loan is Middle Low German…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch mijnhere, from Middle Dutch mijn (“my”) + here (“lord, master”), a combination of mijn and heer used as the title of the ruler of a land or of another man of rank…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch jou, inherited from Old Dutch *jū, inherited from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, the object form of the pronoun of the second person, at first only in the plural. The…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch bina, formed from bij “near” and na “near”, two adverbs of the same meaning. The forms ⟨binaer⟩ and ⟨binaest⟩ were made with nader and naast, the comparative and…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch cloppen, an imitative word for a dull knocking sound. Related verbs are Middle Low German kloppen, Old High German chlopfōn (modern German klopfen) and Old Frisian…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch jouwe, inherited from Old Dutch *jūwa, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. In Middle Dutch it was a western by-form…

It is from Dutch hoe + veel, a univerbation already made in Middle Dutch as hoevele. The interrogative adverb joined with the indefinite numeral and gave an interrogative numeral, which in a few…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch gheleden, in origin the past participle of the Middle Dutch verb lîden (“to go by, pass”), which is modern lijden in a sense it has since lost. Literally it means…

1. To sound is inherited from Middle Dutch clinken, beside clingen, inherited from Old Dutch *clingan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). The same verb is Old High German klingan…

It is from Dutch meid + -je, a diminutive whose ⟨s⟩ is a relic of an older diminutive suffix. The Middle Dutch diminutives of the noun had several suffixes, with or without assimilation of its final…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch vermorden, from Middle Dutch ver- + morden (“to murder”), the verb now spelled moorden with the prefix ver-. The same formation is Middle Low German vormorden and…

1. The word for goods is inherited from Middle Dutch ware, inherited from Proto-Germanic *warō. The same word is Middle Low German ware (whence Middle High German ⟨ware⟩ and modern German Ware), Old…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch selves, the genitive of zelf used as an adverb. The same frozen genitive is Middle Low German selves and Middle High German sëlbes, beside sëlbest, whence modern…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch moeyelijc, formed with the suffix -lijk from the Middle Dutch noun moeye (“trouble, sorrow, burden”) or from the verb moeien “to trouble, vex”, so that the first…

It is formed from Dutch te (“to”) + rug (“back”), from the Middle Dutch phrase te rugghe (“away from oneself, backwards”). The original meaning was “towards the back”. Middle Low German to rugge and…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch familie, borrowed from Latin familia (“household, including the slaves”), formed from famulus (“servant”), whose further origin is unknown. The Middelnederlandsch…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch veranderen, formed with the prefix ver- from the adjective ander “other”, literally “to make other”. The same formation is Middle Low German veranderen and Middle…

1. The mitten is inherited from Middle Dutch want, inherited from Proto-Germanic *wantu- (“mitten”). The same word is Low German want, West Frisian want and Old Norse vǫttr (“glove”) (modern Swedish…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch packen, formed from Dutch pak + -en: a verb made from the noun pak “pack, bundle”, so that it first meant “to pack, to load”. The sense “to take hold of, grab” grew…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch broer, a contracted form of broeder, inherited from Middle Dutch broeder, inherited from Old Dutch bruother, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *brōþer, inherited…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch gec (also ⟨ghec⟩, ⟨geck⟩), whose origin is not settled. The adjective is recorded first, in the early 14th century, and the noun “fool” later in the century. The…

It is the unstressed form of jij, and like it a Holland form of the pronoun that elsewhere became gij: inherited from Middle Dutch ji, beside gi, inherited from Old Dutch gī, inherited from…

1. The noun is inherited from Middle Dutch jonghe (“youth, young man”), the weak form of the adjective jong used as a noun. The adjective goes back to Proto-Germanic *jungaz (“young”). The ending…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch kiken, which Wiktionary traces to Proto-West Germanic *kīkan (“to look, peep”) and Proto-Germanic *kīkaną. Close relatives are found only on the North Sea coast…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch nôdich, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *naudīg, inherited from Proto-Germanic *naudīgaz (“necessary; forced”), a derivative of the noun Proto-Germanic *naudiz…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch voelen, inherited from Old Dutch *fuolen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fōlijan- (“to feel”). The same verb is Old…