hondsdraf

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gondrave (various spellings attested), where the first element is *gont (from Proto-Germanic *gundaz (“sore, boil, canker”); may not have existed as simplex in Middle Dutch) and the second is a by-form of Middle Dutch reve (“vine”) (see Proto-West Germanic *rebā); this refers to the plant's purported medicinal properties. This word is furthermore likely inherited from Old Dutch [Term?], and thence from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; cognates include Old High German guntreba (“ground ivy”) (German Gundelrebe) and Middle Low German gundelrēve, gundelrāve. The word is thus completely unrelated to both hond (“dog”) and draf (“trot”); the resemblance to these words is probably due to folk-etymological alteration. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔntsˌdrɑf/ === Noun === hondsdraf f (uncountable, no diminutive) ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea) Synonym: aardveil === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hondsdraf”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === hondsdraf on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl