Etymograph

English

Raalte

Raalte comes from Dutch Raalte, and goes back to rode ‘land cleared of trees’.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentrode‘land cleared of trees’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentRaalte
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentrode‘land cleared of trees’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentRaalte
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A village and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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

Etymograph / Dutch rode / Raalte