Etymology

uintjie

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Today it means: The edible bulb of certain plants. Full definition →

Afrikaans uintjie ← Dutch ajuintje
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromajuintje“little onion”
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromuintjie
  3. English todayuintjie

From Afrikaans uintjie, from Dutch ajuintje (“little onion”).

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