woord
See also: Woord
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch woord, from Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
woord (plural woorde)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch wort, from Old Dutch wort, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
woord n (plural woorden, diminutive woordje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: woord
- Berbice Creole Dutch: woto, wot, wotro
- Jersey Dutch: wôrd
- Negerhollands: woord, woort, word, wort
- → Virgin Islands Creole: wod (dated)
- Petjo: woord
- → Sranan Tongo: wortu
- → Saramaccan: woútu
Further reading edit
- “woord” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “woord”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Middle English edit
Noun edit
woord
- Alternative form of word