weidman.
hunter
Meaning & usage
hunter
Where this word comes from
Equivalent to weide (“intestines”) + man (“man”), named after the removal of the prey's intestines after the kill. Over time the first part of the compound was increasingly associated with "hunting" and was consequently used and interpreted as such in various compounds. Potentially weide (“intestine”) has the same etymological origin and forms a doublet with weide (“pasture”). Related to geweide (“intestines”), weidspel, weiderij (“hunt, hunting”), and weiden, ontweiden (“to remove the intestines”). Cognate to German Weidmann (“hunter”).
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