• Affidavit@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Does Dutch keep both forms?

    I believe both Old English and Old High German kept both the compound word (hand shoe) and the singular word (e.g. glōf) before eventually choosing one and discarding the other. I’m curious if there are any Germanic languages that have kept both forms into the modern era.

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      1 month ago

      The alternative closest to glove I’d say would be “want(en)”, but it’s not nearly used as much as “handschoen(en)” - hand shoes.

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        1 month ago

        Wanten would actually be mittens. Gloves where all the fingers are fused together. Mostly used by kids or cooks (the ovenwanten 😋).