'Dutch' is a word in Old English that means 'people'. The English used this word to refer to the 'people' living on the other side of the channel... That's the Dutch, the Germans, the Flemish, the Frysians, etc. etc.
But as @oaldamster says, there is a lot of confusion between Dutch and Deutsch. There is a small community somewhere in the USA called the Dutch, but they're actually of German heritage.
in grand rapids Michigan there should be several real Dutch communitys, they also formed their own dutch reformed dutch church. Most of them coming from zealand. I have a blog about that, because my family emigrated around 1900
That's fantastic to hear! I'm from Zealand myself! 100% authentic 😃
from where ? :-)
Middelburg, the capital
ik bin een oalve fluplandse
Kiek, das noe êens leuk om te horen
dat vonk oak al
So, in a way, Dutchland could be have ment 'the land of the people'.
Okay, now back to my job...
Really interested in these kind of subjects, can you refer me to a source?
Tried using https://oldenglishtranslator.co.uk/ but all it got me was rice : 3. the people inhabiting a district a nation.
I read it a long time ago. I can't remember the source, but this is what I found just now: https://www.etymonline.com/word/dutch
Thanks for sharing, a great read, bookmarked the site.
The writer still mokking the Nederish, tsk tsk...
And getting a Dutch Oven is not always a nice thing...
Great site, will surely dig more into it.
You're welcome! I'm always interested in the etimology of words. It's also really fun to see the similarities between languages and how they all come together in dialects :)
Exactly, it is the roots of all languages, that what is known as dialect. The spoken word that evolved into written languages later. And I find it fun to trace back the origin and the similarities between languages. :-)