Dutch words from Proto-West Germanic
284 Dutch words with Proto-West Germanic in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages (page 4).
scheppen
1. The word for “create” is inherited from Middle Dutch scheppen, inherited from Old Dutch skeppen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skapjan- (“to make…
scheren
1. The word for shaving is inherited from Middle Dutch scêren, inherited from Old Dutch skeran, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to cut, shear”)…
schieten
It is inherited from Middle Dutch schieten, inherited from Old Dutch skietan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skeutan- (“to shoot, dash”). The same verb…
schip
It is inherited from Middle Dutch schip, inherited from Old Dutch skip, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skip, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skipą. The same word is Old Saxon scip, Old High…
schrapen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch scrapen, inherited from Old Dutch *scrapon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scrape”). The EWN takes it as…
schuld
It is inherited from Middle Dutch scult, inherited from Old Dutch skult, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *skuldi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *skuldiz (“obligation, debt”). It is an abstract…
slaan
It is inherited from Middle Dutch slaen, inherited from Old Dutch slān, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *slahan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *slahaną. The same verb is Old Saxon slahan (later…
slapen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch slâpen, inherited from Old Dutch slāpan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *slēpan- (“to sleep”). The same verb is Old Saxon…
slee
1. The word for the sled is a contraction of slede, which lost its /d/ between vowels; it is inherited from Middle Dutch slēde, inherited from Old Dutch *slido, inherited from Proto-Germanic…
smook
It is inherited from Middle Dutch smooc, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *smauki, a noun related to the verb Proto-Germanic *smeukaną (“to smoke”). The same word is Middle Low German smōk, Middle…
snaar
It is inherited from Middle Dutch snaer (also ⟨snare⟩), inherited from Old Dutch snara, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *snarhōn-. The same word is Middle…
snel
It is inherited from Middle Dutch snel, inherited from Old Dutch *snel, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *snell, inherited from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“quick, bold”). The same word is Old Saxon…
spelen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch spêlen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn (“to play; to dance”), a verb formed in West Germanic from the noun *spil (“play, game”), the ancestor of spel…
splitten
It is inherited from Middle Dutch splitten, beside spletten. It is an intensive form of splijten with a short vowel and doubled ⟨tt⟩. In Wiktionary's reconstruction it is inherited from Proto-West…
spreken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch spreken, inherited from Old Dutch sprecan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). The same verb is Old…
spuwen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch spuwen, inherited from Old Dutch *spīwan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spīwan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną (“to spit”). The modern form is the…
staan
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stâen, inherited from Old Dutch stān, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stān, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”). The same verb is Old Saxon stān…
stad
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stat, inherited from Old Dutch stat, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stadiz (“place”). The same noun is Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌸𐍃…
sterven
It is inherited from Middle Dutch sterven, inherited from Old Dutch stervan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *sterban, inherited from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (“to become stiff; to die”). The…
stinken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stinken, inherited from Old Dutch stinkan (“to give off a smell”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną. The same…
stok
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stoc, inherited from Old Dutch stok, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stokk, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukka- (“stick”). The same word is Old Saxon stok…
stoken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stōken, inherited from Old Dutch *stokon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukōną. The Wachtendonck Psalms have the past…
stoom
It is inherited from Middle Dutch *stôom, inherited from Old Dutch *stōm, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *staum, inherited from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour”), forms reconstructed…
stoppen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stoppen, inherited from Old Dutch stuppon (“to stop up”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn. Middle Dutch also had a form ⟨stopen⟩. The same verb is…
strekken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch strecken, inherited from Old Dutch *strecken, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *strakijan-, a derivative with umlaut of the stem…
strijken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch striken, inherited from Old Dutch *strīcan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from older *streikan-. The same…
stuk
It is inherited from Middle Dutch stuc, inherited from Old Dutch *stukki, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“piece”). The same word is Old Saxon…
sturen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch sturen, inherited from Old Dutch stiuren (“to lead, guide”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *stiurijan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną (“to direct…
tang
It is inherited from Middle Dutch tanghe, inherited from Old Dutch tanga, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *tangō. The same word is Old Saxon tanga, Old High…
telen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch telen, inherited from Old Dutch tilon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tilōn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *tilōną. The same verb is Old Saxon tilōn (“to…
tellen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch tellen, inherited from Old Dutch tellen, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count, to tell”). The verb is…
tijd
It is inherited from Middle Dutch tijt, inherited from Old Dutch tīt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, inherited from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (“time”). The same word is Old Saxon tīd, Old…
toe
It is inherited from Middle Dutch toe, inherited from Old Dutch *tuo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tō, inherited from Proto-Germanic *tō (“to, towards”). The Old Dutch form is inferred from…
toen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch doen, beside doe, inherited from Old Dutch thuo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þō (“then”). The Old Dutch adverb arose from the instrumental case of the…
trekken
It is inherited from Middle Dutch trecken, inherited from Old Dutch *trecken, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną (“to drag”). The same word is…
twee
It is inherited from Middle Dutch twee, inherited from Old Dutch twē, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, inherited from Proto-Germanic *twai, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁…
uit
It is inherited from Middle Dutch uut (also ûte), inherited from Old Dutch ūt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, inherited from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”). The same word is Old Saxon ūt, Old…
uw
It is inherited from Middle Dutch uwe, inherited from Old Dutch iuwa (“your (plural)”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. It was the possessive that…
vader
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vader, inherited from Old Dutch fadar, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fader, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fadēr (“father”). The same word is Old Saxon fadar…
vallen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vallen, inherited from Old Dutch fallan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fallan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”). The same verb is Old Saxon…
van
It is inherited from Middle Dutch van, inherited from Old Dutch fan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fanā, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fanē (“from”). The same preposition is Old Saxon fan…
varen
1. The word for the plant is inherited from Middle Dutch varen, inherited from Old Dutch farna, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *farn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *farna- (“fern”). The same…
vast
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vast, inherited from Old Dutch fast, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fastī, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“firm, fixed”). The same word is Old Saxon…
veeg
1. The word for a swipe or smear is a deverbal noun from Dutch vegen “to sweep, wipe”. Middle Dutch has no record of it. Comparable nouns are Low German fäg (“stroke, wipe”), West Frisian feech and…
veel
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vele, inherited from Old Dutch filo, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *felu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *felu (“much, a lot”). The same word is Old Saxon filu…
vergeten
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vergeten, inherited from Old Dutch fargetan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fragetan. It is formed with the prefix ver- from a verb Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to…
verliezen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch verliesen, inherited from Old Dutch farliesan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fraleusan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), made with the…
vier
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vier (also ⟨viere⟩), inherited from Old Dutch *fiuwar, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr (“four”), inherited from…
vijf
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vijf, inherited from Old Dutch fīf, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fimf, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fimf (“five”). The same numeral is Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌼𐍆 (fimf)…
vinden
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vinden, inherited from Old Dutch findan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *finþan-. The same verb is Old Saxon findan, Old…
vlieten
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vlieten, inherited from Old Dutch flietan, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *fleutan, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Old Dutch also has the third person…
voelen
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…
vol
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vol, inherited from Old Dutch fol, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *full, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”). The same word is Old Saxon ful, Old…
volgen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch volghen, inherited from Old Dutch folgon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulgēn- (“to follow”). The same verb is Old…
vond
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”…
voor
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vore, inherited from Old Dutch fora, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *forē, inherited from Proto-Germanic *furai. Two Proto-Germanic forms of much the same…
vorst
1. The word for a monarch is inherited from Middle Dutch vorste, inherited from Old Dutch furista (also fursta), from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first, foremost”), the superlative used as a noun…
vraag
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vrâghe, inherited from Old Dutch *frāga, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frēgō (“question”). The same noun is Middle Low…
vragen
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vrâghen, inherited from Old Dutch frāgon, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *frāgēn, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frēgōn- (“to ask”). The same verb is Old Saxon…
vriend
It is inherited from Middle Dutch vrient, inherited from Old Dutch friunt, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *friund, inherited from Proto-Germanic *frijōndz (“friend, loved one”). The same word is…