wortel

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch wortel, from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === wortel (plural wortels) root carrot (mathematics) root, square root (if no power is specified, it is assumed to be 2) ==== Derived terms ==== wortelboom == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɔr.təl/ Hyphenation: wor‧tel Rhymes: -ɔrtəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”), formed from the Proto-Indo-European roots *wréh₂ds + *welH-. The mathematical sense was coined by Simon Stevin. Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort. ==== Noun ==== wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n) root (especially of a plant) carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa) Synonym: peen (arithmetic) square root, root Synonym: radix (mathematical analysis) zero (of a function), root (of an equation) ===== Usage notes ===== The plural wortelen is mostly used for carrots, and rarely if at all for the other senses of this word. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: wortel (“carrot, square root”) Negerhollands: wortel, wolter Skepi Creole Dutch: wotl (“carrot”) → Indonesian: akar (“square root, root”) (semantic loan) → Indonesian: wortel (“carrot”), bortel (dialectal)→ Tausug: bultil → Betawi: bortol (“carrot”) → Sundanese: bortol (“carrot”) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== wortel inflection of wortelen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch wortel (“carrot”, literally “root”), from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwortəl/ [ˈwor.t̪əl] Rhymes: -ortəl Syllabification: wor‧tel === Noun === wortêl (plural wortel-wortel) carrot (Daucus carota, especially Daucus carota subsp. sativa) Synonym: lobak merah (Malay) ==== Alternative forms ==== bortel (dialectal) ==== Descendants ==== → Tausug: bultil === Further reading === “wortel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016