vracht
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti. Cognate with English freight and fraught.
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vracht f (plural vrachten, diminutive vrachtje n)
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Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti.
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vracht f
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- Dutch: vracht
- Limburgish: vrach
- → English: freight, fraught
- → Old French: fret (< vrecht) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “vracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN