vracht
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vracht, from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti. Cognate with English freight and fraught.
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑxt
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Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German vracht, vrecht (“payment for cargo”), from Old Saxon frāht, frēht. Displaced the native Middle Dutch vrecht, both originally deriving from Proto-West Germanic *fra- + *aihti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vraxt/
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Further reading
- “vracht”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vracht”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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