mooi
Dutch (Brabantic)
/moːi̯/
adj
Definitions
- beautiful, pretty, handsome
- nice, good
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch moy inherited from Old Dutch *mōi (pleasant, clean, nice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mawjaz (clean, washed) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mewh₂- (wash, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mewh₂-
Gloss
wash, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mundation English
- mundivagant English
- mundanus Latin
- mundiger Latin
- munditia Latin
- mundities Latin
- mundivagus Latin
- mundus Latin
- mundānus Latin
- mundātio Latin
- mondo Italian
- bloedmooi Dutch, Flemish
- monde French
- mondialisation French
- mondo Spanish, Castilian
- mundo Spanish, Castilian
- *mewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mawjaz Proto-Germanic
- monde Old French
- mund Old French
- moy Middle Dutch
- mooi Afrikaans
- monde Middle French
- *mōi Old Dutch
- mundo Old Portuguese
- mond Occitan
- mond Romansh
- mund Romansh
- muond Romansh
- mundiu Asturian
- mundu Asturian
- moy Scots
- mond Friulian
- mon Old Occitan
- *moi Old Frisian
- munnu Sicilian
- móndo Venetian
- monde Walloon
- monde Bourguignon
- moi Sranan Tongo
- mundhu Sardinian
- munno Neapolitan
- mondo Istriot
- mundo Aragonese
- monne Picard
- 𐌌𐌖𐌈 Etruscan