casteel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum.

Noun

castêel m, n

  1. castle
  2. fortified town, fortification

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: kasteel
  • Limburgish: kestieël
  • West Flemish: kastêel, kastjil

Further reading

  • “casteel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “casteel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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