pekelzonde

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to pekel (“brine”) or pekelen (“to brine”) +‎ zonde (“sin”). The first part of the compound is a folk-etymological interpretation of Latin peccatillum (“minor sin”), the diminutive of Latin peccatum (“sin, error, fault”), from Latin peccō (“I sin, offend”), from Proto-Indo-European verbal root *ped- (“to walk, fall, stumble”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.kəlˌzɔn.də/
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Hyphenation: pe‧kel‧zon‧de

Noun

pekelzonde f (plural pekelzonden or pekelzondes, diminutive pekelzondetje n)

a minor sin or inappropriate habit; a peccadillo