Dutch words first recorded in the 15th century

It is inherited from Middle Dutch mevrouwe, from Middle Dutch mijn (“my”) + vrouwe (“lady, mistress”), from ⟨mijn vrouwe⟩ with the unstressed, shortened possessive. It was used as a title for the…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch toch, a variant of doch with ⟨d⟩ hardened to ⟨t⟩. The form probably arose after words ending in a voiceless consonant and in the Middle Dutch combination ⟨ende…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch praten, a word of unclear origin, perhaps imitative of chatter. The only close relative is Middle Low German prāten (“to talk, babble”). English prate (from about…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch proberen (“to prove”), borrowed from Latin probō (“to test, approve, prove”), with the verb ending -eren. The Latin verb is a derivative of probus (“tested, good…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch liken, a form without the prefix of geliken (“to resemble”), the verb that survives as gelijken. That verb is inherited from Old Dutch *gilīkon, inherited from…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch praet, a noun formed from the verb praten “to talk”. The verb is itself of unclear origin: the EWN calls it possibly imitative, and Van Veen and Van der Sijs take…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch idee, borrowed from Old French idee, from Latin idea (“idea, archetype”), from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “appearance, form, notion”). French had the word from 1119…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch rustich, formed from Dutch rust + -ig in Middle Dutch: the noun rust “rest” with the adjective suffix of nodig and aardig. Middle Low German rustich corresponds to…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch minute, borrowed from Middle French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“unit of time”) (the Philippa dictionary leaves open whether French was the intermediary)…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch redden, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to save, rescue”). The same verb is Middle Low German redden, Old…

It is inherited from Middle Dutch policie, borrowed from Middle French policie, an old variant of French police, with the modern sense taken again from French at the end of the 18th century. The…

It is from Dutch zo + als, written as one word since Middle Dutch (soals, also ⟨sooals⟩). The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal treats the written-together and separate spellings as one word…

It is from Dutch van + dag, a contraction of the Middle Dutch dative phrase van den daghe (“on this day”). The article ⟨den⟩ was dropped, as German ⟨von dem⟩ became ⟨vom⟩, and the final ⟨-e⟩ of the…