wortele

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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

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: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan)
    • → Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”)
  • Limburgish: wórtel

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