English
haberdine
Haberdine comes from Dutch abberdaan.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentabberdaan
- Englishearliest quotation 1597haberdine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentabberdaan
- Englishearliest quotation 1597haberdine
Earliest quotation: 1597, Joseph Hall, (please specify the page): “Yet can I set my Gallio's dieting, A pestle…”
The story
The letter l was misunderstood as the French article l'.
Every English word from Dutch abberdaan
Today it means
noun cod salted and dried.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch abberdaan / haberdine