heksenjacht etymology

Dutch word heksenjacht comes from Dutch jacht (Hunt, hunting. Yacht, luxurious sailing boat.), Dutch heks (Witch.), Dutch -en-

Detailed word origin of heksenjacht

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
jacht Dutch (nld) Hunt, hunting. Yacht, luxurious sailing boat.
heks Dutch (nld) Witch.
-en- Dutch (nld) Genitival interfix indicating that the former part is a characteristic of the latter.
heksenjacht Dutch (nld) (literal, and, figurative) witch-hunt.

Words with the same origin as heksenjacht

Descendants of jacht
Jachthonden
Descendants of -en-
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