meier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈmɛi̯.jər/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) bailiff
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch meier (head of the household personnel) derived from Latin māior (principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger).
Origin
Latin
māior
Gloss
principal, main, greater, elder, bigger, larger
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maior domus Latin
- māior Latin
- māior domūs Latin
- Major German
- hof Dutch, Flemish
- hofmeier Dutch, Flemish
- meierij Dutch, Flemish
- majeur French
- mayor Spanish, Castilian
- *mag- Proto-Indo-European
- maior Old French
- maire Old French
- maior Galician
- hofmeyer Middle Dutch
- meier Middle Dutch
- maer Old Irish
- maior Old Portuguese
- moor Old Portuguese
- мајор Macedonian
- mayor Asturian
- maiôr Friulian
- maiur Istriot