tusschen
Dutch
editPreposition
edittusschen
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editShortening of Old Dutch intwiskan, originally a prepositional phrase *in twiskan. The latter word is from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz, *twiskijaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”).
Preposition
edittusschen [with accusative or dative]
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “tusschen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “tusschen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN