wortel

From Dutch wortel, from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).

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wortel (plural wortels)

1. root
2. carrot
3. (mathematics) root, square root (if no power is specified, it is assumed to be 2)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔr.təl/

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• Hyphenation: wor‧tel
• Rhymes: -ɔrtəl

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-.

The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

1. root (especially of a plant)
2. carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa)

   Synonym: peen

3. (arithmetic) square root, root

   Synonym: radix

4. (mathematical analysis) zero (of a function), root (of an equation)

• The plural wortelen is mostly used for carrots, and rarely if at all for the other senses of this word.

• Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)
• Negerhollands: wortel, wolter
• Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)
• → Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)
• → Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”), bortel (dialectal)
  • → Tausug: bultil

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wortel

1. inflection of wortelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Borrowed from Dutch wortel (“carrot”, literally “root”), from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwortəl/ [ˈwor.t̪əl]

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• Rhymes: -ortəl
• Syllabification: wor‧tel

wortêl (plural wortel-wortel)

1. carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa)

   Synonym: lobak merah (Malay)

• bortel (dialectal)

• → Tausug: bultil

• “wortel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.