vlaendren
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *flāmdra-, from Old Frisian *flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See also vlaemsch (“Flemish”).
Noun
editvlâendren n
- Flanders (a county)
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
editDescendants
edit- Dutch: Vlaanderen
- → German: Flandern
- → Swedish: Flandern
- → Old French: Flandres
References
edit- The origin of the names of sandbanks, channels and other ‘sea-related words’, p. 104 (published journal DE GROTE REDE)
Further reading
edit- “vlaendren”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vlaendren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN