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Where does “dalmatien” come from?

dalmatien (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

Ancestry of “dalmatien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDalmatia—
2LatinDalmatae—
3Illyriandelmesheep

Words derived from “dalmatien”

  • Dalmatië
  • Dalmatiër
  • Dalmatisch
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