zeehond
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch seehont. By surface analysis, zee (“sea”) + hond (“hound, dog”).
Middle Dutch seehont, is possibly an alteration of seelhont (literally “seal-hound, seal-dog”), from seel (“seal”), from Proto-Germanic *selhaz. Compare Low German Saalhund (“seal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
zeehond m (plural zeehonden, diminutive zeehondje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: seehond
- → Indonesian: anjing laut (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- zeehonden on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl