Where does “boertig” come from?

boertig (Dutch) comes from Dutch boert, from Middle Dutch boerde.

boertig (Dutch): farcical; comical, humorous; coarse, crude

Definitions

  1. farcical; comical, humorous; coarse, crude

Ancestry of “boertig”, step by step

boertig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch boert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchboertfarce; joke, prank; jest, mockery
2Middle Dutchboerde—

via Dutch ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchig-y

Words derived from “boertig”

Every word from Middle Dutch boerde →Every word from Dutch boert →