harinc

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

• hêrinc

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hāring, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Noun

hârinc m

1. herring

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: haring
  • Afrikaans: haring
  • Negerhollands: heriṅ
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: eleng
  • → Papiamentu: hering
• Limburgish: hieëring

Further reading

• “harinc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “harinc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN