Etymology

Coevorden

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Today it means: A city in Drenthe, Netherlands. Full definition →

Dutch Coevorden ← Middle Dutch vort ← Old Dutch *furt
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kō
  4. Old Dutchcuo
  5. Middle Dutchcoe
  6. Dutchkoe
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pértus
  9. Proto-Germanic*furduz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*furdu
  11. Old Dutch*furt
  12. Middle Dutchvort
  13. Dutchvoorde
  14. DutchCoevorden
  15. English todayCoevorden

Borrowed from Dutch Coevorden.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.