matroos
Dutch (Brabantic)
/maːˌtroːs/
noun
Definitions
- sailor, seaman
Etymology
Derived from Middle French matelot, matelots derived from Old French matenot (bunkmate, sailor) derived from Middle Dutch mattenoot (bunkEnglish, bunk fellow) derived from Old Norse mötunautr (food companion).
Origin
Old Norse
mötunautr
Gloss
food companion
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Matrose German
- matróz Hungarian
- matrozenpak Dutch, Flemish
- pak Dutch, Flemish
- matelot French
- матро́с Russian
- матрос Russian
- матросня Russian
- матросский Russian
- *ganautaz Proto-Germanic
- mötunautr Old Norse
- matros Danish
- matenot Old French
- matros Indonesian
- mattenoot Middle Dutch
- matroos Afrikaans
- matelot Middle French
- matelot, matelots Middle French
- matros Uzbek
- matros Crimean Tatar
- matrosi Sranan Tongo
- matlo Antillean Creole