wortele

Dutch

Verb

wortele

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of wortelen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

wortele f or m

  1. root (of a plant)
  2. edible root

Inflection

Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative wortele wortelen
accusative wortele wortelen
genitive wortele, wortelen wortelen
dative wortele, wortelen wortelen
Weak masculine noun
singular plural
nominative wortele wortelen
accusative wortele wortelen
genitive wortelen wortelen
dative wortele wortelen

Descendants

  • Dutch: wortel (“root, carrot”)
    • 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)
  • Limburgish: wórtel

Further reading

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