koorts
Dutch
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch coorts, corts, curts. Related to Middle Low German korts (“fever”), possibly abbreviated from a phrase containing korts (“short”), from Middle High German kurz.
An indirect relationship with kool (“coal”) has been suggested, via Proto-Indo-European *ǵwelH- (“burn, shine”); compare Sanskrit ज्वलति (jválati, “burn brightly, blaze”) and जूर्ति (jūrti, “fever”). But this is quite speculative as all Germanic derivatives of this root have the sense of "coal", and it is formally unlikely.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkoorts f (plural koortsen, diminutive koortsje n)
Derived terms
edit- binnenkoorts
- gele koorts
- goudkoorts
- hermelijnkoorts
- hooikoorts
- klierkoorts
- knokkelkoorts
- koortsaanval
- koortsachtig
- koortsdroom
- koortsig
- koortslip
- kraamkoorts
- kraamvrouwenkoorts
- lassakoorts
- marburgkoorts
- moeraskoorts
- plankenkoorts
- reiskoorts
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: koors
- Berbice Creole Dutch: kosu
- Jersey Dutch: kôz
- Negerhollands: koorts, koors
- Skepi Creole Dutch: kors, coursa
- → Aukan: kolusu
- → Sranan Tongo: korsu
- → Caribbean Javanese: korsu
- → West Frisian: koarts
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- Rhymes:Dutch/oːrts
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