Etymology

veldskoen

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Today it means: Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Dutch veldschoen ← Afrikaans veldskoen
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The story

  1. Afrikaans · derived fromveldskoen
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromveldschoen
  3. English todayveldskoen

Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by Afrikaans veldskoen.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.