" from Proto-Germanic *althaz "grown up, adult" (source also of Old Frisian ald, Gothic alþeis, Dutch oud, German alt), originally a past-participle stem of a verb meaning "grow, nourish" (compare Gothic alan "to grow up," Old Norse ala "to nourish"), from PIE root *al- (...
names like Mary, Anne, Margaret, Ruth, Joan etc will always be somewhat popular, at least among Catholics and other traditional religious folks who like their children to have biblical/Saint-derived names. another "old lady name" to add to the thread: Hester I dislike most of the names in...
The Dutch Central Bank has confirmed on February 25, 2021 that under PSD2 the activities of ACW BV fall outside the scope of the Financial Supervision Act of the Netherlands (Wet op het Financieel Toezicht) on the basis of article 1:5a, paragraph 2, section K of this Act. Introduction ...
from Proto-Italic*nomezos, from PIE*nem-(to distribute give, take). Words from the same rooteconomic,numbandnumber,numeralin English,nemen(to take, grasp, grab) in Dutch,nehmen(to take, hold, grasp), andnúmero(number) in Spanish [source]. ...
Faust's Statue, below Dutch Church, State street. A REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROPHECIES AND TIMES. BOOK THE FIRST. Wrote under the Direction of THE LORD GOD, Note 1: The British (Canadian) "prophet," Richard Brothers, was a topic of interest in both the United Kingdom and North ...
one Old English word for gravel wasċeosol[ˈtʃeo.sol], which comes from Proto-West-Germanic*kesul(small stone, pebble). This becamechiselandchessil(gravel or pebbles) in modern English, and is cognate withKiesel(pebble) in German,kiezel(pebble, flint, silicon) in Dutch, andkisel(...
I’m seeing a pattern here: a lot of films with female protagonists, like Margaret Tallichet in Stranger on the Third Floor, Kim Hunter in The Seventh Victim, Jane Randolph in Jealousy… so that’s interesting to note. That was not something I was looking out for when I was making ...
The Dutch Central Bank has confirmed on February 25, 2021 that under PSD2 the activities of ACW BV fall outside the scope of the Financial Supervision Act of the Netherlands (Wet op het Financieel Toezicht) on the basis of article 1:5a, paragraph 2, section K of this Act. Introduction ...
) A female relative. Kintlidge (n.) See Kentledge. Kiosk (n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars. Kioways (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians distantly related to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte. Kip (...
"In 1945 I was one of the Dutch boys who went on a program after the war for better health to Leeds. While being with an English family we went every day to Leeds Modern School (for boys). I have very good memories of a teacher with the name "Mr. Wilson", he especially learned ...