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Where does “strijdperk” come from?

strijdperk (Dutch) comes from Dutch perk, from Middle Dutch perc, from Old Dutch perk, from Frankish parrik, from Proto-Germanic parrukaz — fence; enclosure.

strijdperk (Dutch): battlefield; subject or scope of contention

Definitions

  1. battlefield; subject or scope of contention

Ancestry of “strijdperk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchperka delimited piece of ground, e.g. a flowerbed
2Middle Dutchperc—
3Old Dutchperk—
4Frankishparrikenclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area
5Proto-Germanicparrukazfence; enclosure
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