draet

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thrād, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz.

Noun

drâet m

1. thread

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	drâet	drâde
accusative	drâet	drâde
genitive	drâets	drâde
dative	drâde	drâden

Descendants

• Dutch: draad
  • Afrikaans: draad
  • → Aukan: dalati
  • → Caribbean Javanese: drat
  • → Indonesian: drat (“screw thread”)
  • → Papiamentu: drat, drachi
• Limburgish: draod

Further reading

• “draet”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “draet”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN