casteel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum.

Noun

castêel m or n

  1. castle
  2. fortified town, fortification

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: kasteel
    • Afrikaans: kasteel
    • Negerhollands: kastell
    • → Mahican: găstēnik
    • → Malay: kastil
    • → Papiamentu: kastel
    • → West Frisian: kastiel
  • Limburgish: kestieël
  • West Flemish: kastêel, kastjil
  • → Middle High German: kastēl

Further reading
  • “casteel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “casteel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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