schaetse
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkja (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: schaats
- Limburgish: sjaats
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schaetse”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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