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English

Paderborn

Paderborn comes from German Paderborn, and goes back to Middle Low German Paderborn.

  1. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600Paderborn
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600Paderborn
  2. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  3. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A city and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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

Etymograph / Middle Low German Paderborn / Paderborn