Spitaal

Hunsrik

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Italic *hostipotjālis
    Late Latin hospitālis
    Late Latin hospitāle
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.?
    Proto-Germanic *hūsą
    Proto-West Germanic *hūs
    Old High German hūs
    Old High German hospitalhūsder.
    Middle High German spitāl
    Central Franconian Spidol
    Hunsrik Spitaal

    Inherited from Central Franconian Spidol, from Middle High German spitāl, from Old High German hospitalhūs, from Late Latin hospitāle + Old High German hūs.[1] Doublet of Hospital.

    Cognate with German Spital.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃpiˈtɔːl/
    • Rhymes: -ɔːl
    • Syllabification: Spi‧taal

    Noun

    Spitaal n (plural Spiteeler)

    1. synonym of Krankehaus (“hospital”)

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Spitaal”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 154, column 2
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