English

Windhoek

Windhoek comes from Dutch Windhoek.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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A compound of wind ‘wind’ + hoek ‘corner, angle’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts ‘blowing’

Proto-Germanic *windaz ‘wind’

Proto-West Germanic *wind ‘wind’

Old Dutch wint

Middle Dutch wint ‘wind’

Dutch wind ‘wind’

Proto-Indo-European *kog-

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz ‘hook’

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old Dutch *huoc

Middle Dutch hoec

Dutch hoek ‘corner, angle’

Every English word from Dutch Windhoek

name A city, the capital city of Namibia.

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