Etymology

Dykstra

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

West Frisian Dykstra ← Dutch Dijkstra ← Old Frisian dik
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*dīk
  2. Old Frisian · derived fromdik“dike”
  3. Dutch · borrowed fromDijkstra
  4. West Frisian · borrowed fromDykstra
  5. English todayDykstra

Borrowed from West Frisian Dykstra or Dutch Dijkstra, a topographic surname from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.