komijn
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch comijn. Ultimately from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon). The word had already entered early West Germanic as *kumīn (also *kumil), but such a form should have umlaut and initial stress in Dutch (*keumen). Therefore borrowed anew from Old French comin, or at least influenced by it. Doublet of kummel (from German).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koːˈmɛi̯n/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧mijn
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯n
Derived terms
Related terms
- kummel (“caraway”)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: komyn
- Negerhollands: komin
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