poreye

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French poree.

Noun

poreye f

1. leek

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	poreye	poreyen
accusative	poreye	poreyen
genitive	poreye, poreyen	poreyen
dative	poreye, poreyen	poreyen

Alternative forms

• poret

Descendants

• Dutch: prei
  • Afrikaans: prei
  • → Indonesian: prei
  • → Papiamentu: prei
  • → West Frisian: prei
• West Flemish: pret

Further reading

• “poret”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “poreye”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN