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English

Heineken

Heineken comes from German Heinrich, and goes back to Old High German Heimrih.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Heimrih
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentHeinrich
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeine
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeineken
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2002same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Heimrih
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentHeinrich
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeine
  4. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeineken
  5. Englishearliest quotation 2002same form

Earliest quotation: 2002, John Mohan, Planning: “Some prominent advocates have therefore suggested that PFI is…”

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old High German Heimrih / Heineken