Zeeuw
Dutch
editEtymology
editBack-formation from Zeeuws (“Zealandic”) by analogy with pairs of the sort of Italiaans (“Italian”, adjective), Italiaan (“Italian”, noun). Zeeuws is equivalent to zee (“sea”) + -s (“-ish”) with retention of the -w- in Proto-Germanic *saiwiz (“sea”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editZeeuw m (plural Zeeuwen, diminutive Zeeuwtje n)
- a Zeelander, a person from Zeeland, the Netherlands