Where does “vreemdelinge” come from?

vreemdelinge (Dutch) comes from Dutch vreemdeling, from German Fremdling, from Middle High German vremdelinc.

vreemdelinge (Dutch): female stranger unfamiliar woman hailing from elsewhere

Definitions

  1. female stranger unfamiliar woman hailing from elsewhere

Ancestry of “vreemdelinge”, step by step

vreemdelinge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vreemdeling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvreemdelingstranger; foreigner
2GermanFremdlingstranger
3Middle High Germanvremdelinc—

via Dutch e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutche—
Every word from Middle High German vremdelinc →Every word from German Fremdling →Every word from Dutch vreemdeling →