lijster
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch lijstre (“thrush”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *lī(h)strō, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *laikaną (“to move about”) or possibly related to Ancient Greek λιγύς (ligús, “shrill, piercing”). Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands suggests a borrowing from a substrate language because of the word's local range.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lijster f (plural lijsters, diminutive lijstertje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: lijster (dated)
References edit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lijster”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute