gemeente
Afrikaans
/χəˈmɪə̯n.tə/
noun
Definitions
- congregation
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish gemeente (municipality, town) inherited from Middle Dutch gemeende inherited from Old Dutch *gimēnitha derived from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (common, shared, communal, general, public).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gamainiz
Gloss
common, shared, communal, general, public
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deelgemeente Dutch, Flemish
- fusiegemeente Dutch, Flemish
- gemeen Dutch, Flemish
- gemeente Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenteambtenaar Dutch, Flemish
- gemeentebestuur Dutch, Flemish
- gemeentegrens Dutch, Flemish
- gemeentehuis Dutch, Flemish
- gemeentelijk Dutch, Flemish
- gemeenteraad Dutch, Flemish
- gemeentewerken Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱom-moynis Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱommoynis Proto-Indo-European
- *gamainiz Proto-Germanic
- gemæne Old English
- geminte Indonesian
- haminte Indonesian
- gemeende Middle Dutch
- gimeini Old High German
- gimeinī Old High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *gamainī gmw-pro
- *gimēni Old Dutch
- *gimēnitha Old Dutch
- gemēn Middle Low German
- gimēnitha Old Saxon
- gemeente Western Frisian