English
dorp
Dorp comes from Dutch dorp ‘village, small settlement’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *trab-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*trab-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þurpą‘village, rural settlement’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þorp‘village, rural settlement’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150thorp‘village’
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500dorp‘village, small settlement’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form‘village, small settlement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*trab-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þurpą‘village, rural settlement’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þorp‘village, rural settlement’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150thorp‘village’
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500dorp‘village, small settlement’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form‘village, small settlement’
- Englishearliest quotation 1599same form
Earliest quotation: 1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe: “Omnium rerum viciſſitudo eſt, ones falling, is anothers riſing,…”
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *þorp ‘village, rural settlement’
Today it means
noun A village or small town; a town considered provincial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *trab- / dorp