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

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

Further reading

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