Where does “patrijs” come from?
patrijs (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch patrise, from Middle Dutch partrise, from Old French pertriz, from Latin perdīx, from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ, from Ancient Greek πέρδομαι, from Proto-Hellenic pérdomai, from Proto-Indo-European pérdetor — to fart loudly, pass gas, break wind.
patrijs (Dutch): partridge; negative of a matrix
Definitions
- partridge; negative of a matrix
Ancestry of “patrijs”, step by step