Dutch words first recorded in the 14th century

The noun is inherited from Middle Dutch druc (“pressure, oppression”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *þrukki-, a derivative of the verb drukken. It corresponds to Middle Low German druck (“pressure…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch vont, inherited from Old Dutch *fund, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fundaz, an ablaut noun to the verb vinden “to find”…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch sit (“seat”), a noun formed in Middle Dutch from the stem of the verb zitten. The same formation is Middle High German siz (modern German Sitz) and West Frisian…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch nou, a variant of nu, inherited from Old Dutch nu, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *nū, inherited from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”). The same word is Old Saxon nū…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch veilich, from Dutch veil + -ig: the suffix was added to Middle and Early Modern Dutch veil (“safe”), which had the same meaning and later fell out of use. The…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch juust, borrowed from Old French juste (“exact, right”), from Latin iūstus (“just, righteous”), a derivative of iūs (“right, law”). The French adjective meant…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch iets, an extension of iet (“something”), which is a contraction of iewet, inherited from Old Dutch iowiht. The Old Dutch word is a compound of ⟨ie-⟩ “anything at…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch canse, borrowed from Old French cance, the Picard form of what became standard chance, from Vulgar Latin *cadentia (“a throw at knucklebones; a fall”), a derivative…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch verder, the comparative of ver “far”, with an inserted /d/ as in eerder. The Old Dutch comparative adverb was ferriro, recorded as ⟨uerrar⟩ about 1100, and Middle…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch stel, a northern Middle Dutch noun derived from the verb stellen “to place, set up”. The same word is Middle Low German stel, and German Stelle (“place”) is a…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch banghe, formed from be- and the adverb anghe (“narrowly, oppressively”), so originally “in a cramped way”. ⟨Anghe⟩ was the adverb of the adjective eng “narrow”; it…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch sorte, borrowed from French sorte (“sort, class”), from Latin sors (“lot, share, rank; manner”), genitive ⟨sortis⟩. The EWN derives the Latin noun probably from the…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch se, the unstressed form of si, modern zij, which also took over the functions of the accusative and dative. Old Frisian se was likewise used as an accusative. The…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch stedes, an adverbial genitive in -s of the Middle Dutch adjective stede (“steadfast, lasting”), a form with umlaut beside the commoner stade. The adjective goes…

1. The plug is inherited from Middle Dutch stoppe, recorded from the 14th century, and the Philippa dictionary and the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal treat it as the noun of the verb stoppen “to…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch verhael, from Middle Dutch verhalen (“to fetch back; to repeat, report”). The EWN distinguishes the verb meaning “to fetch back, get redress” from the one meaning…

It is formed from Dutch ver- + trouwen, the verb trouwen in its rare old sense “to trust, to hope”, itself a derivative of the noun trouw. The Philippa dictionary explains it as a 16th-century…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch moment, borrowed partly through French moment (“moment”) (1119) from Latin mōmentum (“movement; moment; weight”). The Latin noun is a derivative of the verb Latin…

It is Middle Dutch soms, formed from the pronoun som (“some, a certain”) with the adverbial -s. The pronoun is also the base of sommig, and it could already be used as an adverb, mostly meaning…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch spijt, a shortening of despijt (“contempt, rancour”), borrowed from Old French despit (“contempt; resentment”) (modern French dépit), from Latin dēspectus (“a…