Etymology

donder and blitzen

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Dutch donder
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  1. Dutch · derived fromdonder“thunder”
  2. English todaydonder and blitzen

From Donner (or Donder) and Blitzen (or Blixem), the last two reindeer of Santa Claus's, named from Dutch donder (“thunder”) and bliksem (“lightning”).

Words from the same roots

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