English
Voorhees
Voorhees comes from Dutch (van) voor Hees ‘(from) before Hees’, and goes back to Old Dutch *hēsi ‘undergrowth, shrubland, brushwood’.
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*hēsi‘undergrowth, shrubland, brushwood’reconstructed
- Dutchc. 1500–present(van) voor Hees‘(from) before Hees’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Voorhees
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*hēsi‘undergrowth, shrubland, brushwood’reconstructed
- Dutchc. 1500–present(van) voor Hees‘(from) before Hees’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009Voorhees
Earliest quotation: 2009, Brittany Kaplan, New Jason unmasked for 'Friday the 13th': “Mears was cast as the iconic boogeyman Jason Voorhees…”
Every English word from Old Dutch *hēsi
Today it means
name A surname from Dutch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Dutch *hēsi / Voorhees