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[–] trinsec@piefed.social 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Affidavit@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Does Dutch keep both forms?

I believe both Old English and Old High German kept both the compound word (hand shoe) and the singular word (e.g. glōf) before eventually choosing one and discarding the other. I'm curious if there are any Germanic languages that have kept both forms into the modern era.

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

We have 'handschoenen'. It's used a lot.

[–] bluesheep@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The alternative closest to glove I'd say would be "want(en)", but it's not nearly used as much as "handschoen(en)" - hand shoes.

[–] trinsec@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wanten would actually be mittens. Gloves where all the fingers are fused together. Mostly used by kids or cooks (the ovenwanten 😋).

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

the French word gant has the same etymological root as the Dutch word want

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Just a bit more mangled