Nederlandene.
Low Countries; a historical region of Europe, comprising present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as parts of Germany and France.
Meaning & usage
Low Countries; a historical region of Europe, comprising present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as well as parts of Germany and France.
På 1500-tallet var Nederlandene et viktig sentrum for handel og kunst.
Where this word comes from
Internationalism, based on Middle Dutch Nederlanden (“the Low Countries; literally “the low lands””), the plural of Nederland (“low land”), formed from nēder (“low, down”) and lant (“land”). The form was adapted with Norwegian Bokmål -ene (“definite plural suffix”), probably through Danish Nederlandene (“the Netherlands; the Low Countries”). The first element derives from Old Dutch nithar (“down, below”), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer (“down, below”), from Proto-Germanic *niþer (“down, below”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *niter (“down”). The second derives from Old Dutch lant (“land”), from Proto-West Germanic *land (“land”), from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Parallel formations include Danish Nederlandene, Swedish Nederländerna, German Niederlande and English Netherlands (“the Low Countries”). Parallel calques include Pays-Bas and Países Bajos (“the Low Countries”).
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