vlaendren

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *flāmdra-, from Old Frisian *flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See also vlaemsch (“Flemish”).

Noun

vlâendren n

1. Flanders (a county)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• vlâender

Descendants

• Dutch: Vlaanderen
• → German: Flandern
• → Swedish: Flandern
• → Old French: Flandres
  • French: Flandre, Flandres
    • → Greek: Φλάνδρα (Flándra)
    • → Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)
    • → Polish: Flandria
    • → Portuguese: Flandres
    • → Romanian: Flandra
  • → Middle English: Flaunders
    • English: Flanders

References

• The origin of the names of sandbanks, channels and other ‘sea-related words’, p. 104 (published journal DE GROTE REDE)

Further reading

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