wijden

Dutch

From earlier wijen, from Middle Dutch wiën, from Old Dutch wīen, from Proto-West Germanic *wīhijan, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. The -d- was inserted in the early modern period due to hypercorrection, the earlier and original form wijen being mistakenly identified as the result of deletion of intervocalic -d- (a very common development visible in e.g. weder/weer, rode/rooie, moeder/moer, and so forth). Similar hypercorrection can be seen in beeldhouder, kade.

wijden

to dedicate, devote
Het Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is gewijd aan het werk van Van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten.^(WP)
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to the work of Van Gogh and his contemporaries.
to inaugurate
to bless, sanctify