wortele
Dutch
Verb
wortele
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wortelen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).
Noun
wortele f or m
- root (of a plant)
- edible root
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: wortel (“root, carrot”)
- Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”)
- Negerhollands: wortel, wolter
- Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”)
- → Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”)
- Limburgish: wórtel
Further reading
- “wortel, wortele”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wortele”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN