Where does “bakkeljauw” come from?

bakkeljauw (Dutch) comes from Portuguese bacalhau, from Dutch bakaliaw.

bakkeljauw (Dutch): salt cod

Definitions

  1. salt cod

Ancestry of “bakkeljauw”, step by step

bakkeljauw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese bacalhau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebacalhaucod; vagina
2Dutchbakaliaw—

via Old Dutch *cabillao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*cabillaocod

Words derived from “bakkeljauw”

Every word from Dutch bakaliaw →Every word from Portuguese bacalhau →