English
Flushing
Flushing comes from Dutch Vlissingen, and goes back to Old Dutch Flisso.
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150Flisso
- Dutchc. 1500–presentVlissingen
- Englishearliest quotation 1962Flushing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150Flisso
- Dutchc. 1500–presentVlissingen
- Englishearliest quotation 1962Flushing
Earliest quotation: 1962, P. W. B. Semmens, The Netherlands Railways today: “An example of this was the hourly fast train…”
Every English word from Old Dutch Flisso
Today it means
name The town of Vlissingen in the Netherlands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Dutch Flisso / Flushing