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pelegrijm

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Middle Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin pelegrīnus, alteration of peregrīnus (“foreigner”), possibly through Old French peligrin;[1] the final /m/ is influenced by personal names in -grijm such as Isengrijm, as in the parallel loans Old High German piligrīm, Middle Low German pēlegrîm, and Old Frisian pilegrīm.[2]

Noun

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pelegrijm m

  1. stranger (foreigner)
  2. stranger (unknown person)
  3. pilgrim (traveller on a pilgrimage)

Declension

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Strong masculine noun
singular plural
nominative pelegrijm pelegrime
accusative pelegrijm pelegrime
genitive pelegrijms pelegrime
dative pelegrime pelegrimen

Descendants

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  • Dutch: pelgrim
    • → West Frisian: pelgrim

References

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  1. ^ Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “pelgrijm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page pelgrijm
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pelgrim”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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