roeyen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ruoien, from Proto-Germanic *rōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-.

Verb

roeyen

1. to row (with oars)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: roeien
  • Afrikaans: roei
  • Negerhollands: roei
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: rui (dated)

Further reading

• “roeyen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “roeyen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II