pottenbakker

Dutch

Etymology

From pot +‎ bakker, from earlier Middle Dutch potbacker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pottenbakker m (plural pottenbakkers, diminutive pottenbakkertje n)

1. potter

Descendants

• Negerhollands: pottebakker

References

• Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “POTTENBAKKER”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pottenbakker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• https://www.ensie.nl/vandale1898/pottenbakker