medelijden
Dutch (Brabantic)
noun
Definitions
- compassion, sympathy for the suffering of another
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch medeliden derived from Middle High German mitelīden compound from Dutch, Flemish mede (with, mead, co-, along) + Dutch, Flemish lijden (suffer, suffering, undergo, abide, dree).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
lijden
Gloss
suffer, suffering, undergo, abide, dree
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leid German
- Mitleid German
- bemitleiden German
- mit German
- mitleiderregend German
- mitleidig German
- alsmede Dutch, Flemish
- belijden Dutch, Flemish
- lijden Dutch, Flemish
- lijdensweg Dutch, Flemish
- lijder Dutch, Flemish
- mede Dutch, Flemish
- mededelen Dutch, Flemish
- medehal Dutch, Flemish
- medeklinker Dutch, Flemish
- medeleven Dutch, Flemish
- mederij Dutch, Flemish
- medezaal Dutch, Flemish
- overlijden Dutch, Flemish
- verlijden Dutch, Flemish
- συμπάθεια Ancient Greek
- liden Middle Dutch
- medeliden Middle Dutch
- ly Afrikaans
- mitelīden Middle High German
- mithi Old Dutch