adel
Afrikaans
/ˈɑː.dəl/
noun
Definitions
- nobility, aristocracy
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish adel (nobility) inherited from Middle Dutch adel inherited from Old Dutch *athal inherited from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*aþalą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Adelheid Dutch, Flemish
- adel Dutch, Flemish
- adelborst Dutch, Flemish
- adelbrief Dutch, Flemish
- adeldom Dutch, Flemish
- adelen Dutch, Flemish
- adellijk Dutch, Flemish
- adelstand Dutch, Flemish
- landadel Dutch, Flemish
- *aþalą Proto-Germanic
- aðal Old Norse
- adel Middle Dutch
- adal Old High German
- adelstand Afrikaans
- stand Afrikaans
- *athal Old Dutch